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| Authored by: PJ on Sunday, August 26 2012 @ 06:31 AM EDT |
If you are an Apple person, state it. It's a rule
on Groklaw that you can't pretend.
Second, your comment is just so much piffle. It
makes no sense. Your only point is that jurors are
so holy and noble it's unpatriotic to question their
work. We all make mistakes, you seem to be saying,
and besides, their task was too hard, had they
actually done it right.
But when mistakes are made, you have to own up
to them. Yes, we are all human, and we all make
mistakes, but when it happens, you have to say,
I made a mistake. You are right, and now I have
corrected it.
You can't just say, well, I made a mistake, but
I'm so holy and noble, it doesn't matter. Don't any
body dare to point it out.
If the jury here goofed, and they did, it's part
of the legal process to fix the mistake, and there
is a procedure for doing so, precisely because
it does sometimes happen. When it happens, nobody
says, oh, well, they did their best under the
circumstances. They say, a mistake was made and that
has harmed justice, and so we have to point right
at it and do something about it.
So, you need to set aside your heart's attachment
to Apple for a second and just look at the bigger
picture, which is: what should a legal system
do if a mistake is made by a jury? Nothing?
If something, then what?
And then think about this bigger picture question:
if I see a mistake, what should I do? Keep silent?
Or should I tell?
Keep in mind that journalism is about presenting
the truth as closely as it can be determined, and
keep in mind that a democratic governmental arrangement
depends on an educated population being able to
make decisions.
Should a journalist see a jury making a mistake
and say nothing? You seem to be so arguing. But
that isn't Groklaw. I will speak.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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