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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (75405)	9/24/2003 10:43:22 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

For example, if the allegations had to do with violence, I would find a middle class defendant less plausible as the perpetrator This rattled around in my brain while I was working out this morning. It didn't occur to me when I read it, but on further reflection, I disagree. It seems to me that, were I on a jury for that defendant, I would think him more likely guilty, if anything. We know that his type is less likely to commit a violent crime, it's true. But we're not talking about statistics here but rather about one guy who has been indicted and is on trial. The cops and prosecutors also know that his type is less likely, so if he's there on trial, I'd bet that they were pretty sure he was guilty, unlike some hapless creature from the slums who may have been just filling some cop's quota for the day and the prosecutor didn't look too closely.