Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Notes from an email I didn't send; things I learned from a murder trial

The other interesting thing to me was how relieved I felt when each of the twelve jurors said, individually, that they agreed with that verdict. None of them knew either party before the trial started; none of them had known the details of the case; but each of them came to the same conclusion. This gave validation to me that it wasn't just my own distorted sense of vengance that wants H locked up for the rest of his life. It also brought some light to me on a scriptural issue I've been wondering about for some time now, which is why Jesus would tell both the twelve apostles in the Old World and his twelve Nephite disciples in this world, that they would judge their people. When you need justice to be done, it is important to have multiple just persons who all agree on what may be concluded from the evidence.

It is also very important to have reliable witnesses, which certain of the prophets have also testified they felt confident they would be called upon to act as.