03-07-2015, 04:34 PM
According to Court Chatter, Juror No. 17 made a speech against the death penalty just 11 months before she was chosen to serve as a juror on the Jodi Arias trial. To me that proves she lied and said she believed in the death penalty to get on the jury. The other jurors said they believed she opposed the death penalty because when they asked her what crime would deserve the death penalty, she wouldn't answer.
Here's the transcript of her speech:
Death Penalty
Persuasive Speech by: xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
MORALITY
Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death rows throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful convictions.
RELIGION:
If God chose to give us life, then we do not have the right to decide on whether someone's life must be ended.
MORALITY
"I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life...Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty,until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection, no one will meet that fate."
-Governor George Ryan of Illinois
MONEY
A study in 2003 showed that a death penalty case costs 70% more than a non-death penalty case.
In California, the current system costs $137M per year; it would cost $11.5 M for a system without the death penalty.
The cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over 4 billion since 1978.
SPENDING $ MEANS:
Less money to be spent on resources for crime prevention, mental health treatment, education, and rehabilitation services.
Here's the transcript of her speech:
Death Penalty
Persuasive Speech by: xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
MORALITY
Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death rows throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful convictions.
RELIGION:
If God chose to give us life, then we do not have the right to decide on whether someone's life must be ended.
MORALITY
"I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life...Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty,until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection, no one will meet that fate."
-Governor George Ryan of Illinois
MONEY
A study in 2003 showed that a death penalty case costs 70% more than a non-death penalty case.
In California, the current system costs $137M per year; it would cost $11.5 M for a system without the death penalty.
The cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over 4 billion since 1978.
SPENDING $ MEANS:
Less money to be spent on resources for crime prevention, mental health treatment, education, and rehabilitation services.