Charley One-Eye, I see your point, but I think Walt's degree of culpability is relevant to his development as a character.  With Jane, he was still learning how to devalue human life.

J.P. McPickleshitter, I'm pretty sure that only is the case if you know (or should know) that you're placing the person in danger to begin with.

J.P. McPickleshitter, I'm pretty sure that only is the case if you know (or should know) that you're placing the person in danger to begin with.

The point is, he didn't ever act with the intent to kill.  He 1) knocked her onto her back without knowing that she was gonna start puking, and then 2) refrained to stop her from puking once she started.  He never acted with the mental state ("mens rea") you need for it to be "murder" (because murder, by definition,…

The point is, he didn't ever act with the intent to kill.  He 1) knocked her onto her back without knowing that she was gonna start puking, and then 2) refrained to stop her from puking once she started.  He never acted with the mental state ("mens rea") you need for it to be "murder" (because murder, by definition,…

In my experience, the "one troublemaker" is usually someone who has an axe to grind with the police or the prosecution, not some hero standing up for constitutional rights.

In my experience, the "one troublemaker" is usually someone who has an axe to grind with the police or the prosecution, not some hero standing up for constitutional rights.

You're beating up on a straw man.  The point I'm trying to make is just that, at least in my jurisdiction, juries expect more physical/"direct" evidence than law enforcement can reasonably produce.  I'm not saying they should give in to their biases or just go with their gut feeling.  I'm just saying that the…

You're beating up on a straw man.  The point I'm trying to make is just that, at least in my jurisdiction, juries expect more physical/"direct" evidence than law enforcement can reasonably produce.  I'm not saying they should give in to their biases or just go with their gut feeling.  I'm just saying that the…

Yep.  And it is really quite common to see one adamant but unreasonable juror just exhaust/railroad the rest of them.

Yep.  And it is really quite common to see one adamant but unreasonable juror just exhaust/railroad the rest of them.

See my response to Evan Waters. . .

See my response to Evan Waters. . .

Juries are instructed to use their common sense.  That's the whole point of having a jury be the fact-finder.  If they disregard that instruction, there's nothing you can really do about it, but that's not how the system is designed to work.

Juries are instructed to use their common sense.  That's the whole point of having a jury be the fact-finder.  If they disregard that instruction, there's nothing you can really do about it, but that's not how the system is designed to work.

I agree with the author.  The funny thing is that, in my experience (working in the court system of a large city w/lots o murders), this is basically how jurors operate.  They talk themselves out of using their common sense.  Some of it is definitely the CSI effect, some of it is mistaking "reasonable doubt" for…

I agree with the author.  The funny thing is that, in my experience (working in the court system of a large city w/lots o murders), this is basically how jurors operate.  They talk themselves out of using their common sense.  Some of it is definitely the CSI effect, some of it is mistaking "reasonable doubt" for…

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