The Case of Troy Davis

[weakwarrior]

I think you get more of the "Hang em, no matter what" people, and some of the impartial apathetic people, and less of the presumed innocent people. In the jury questionnaire they outright ask if you are opposed to the death penalty. Those people who support the death penalty, are also probably more likely to believe in harsh sentencing and are probably easier to convince.

I maybe am misunderstanding your point. Are you saying you think people who say no death penalty no matter what should be on a jury deciding a death penalty case? That doesn´t seem very reasonable - of course the accused will not get the death penalty which requires a unanimous vote in most (all?) states. Like Pete said the possibility of the death penalty is not up to the jury to decide - it´s up to the legislative branch. "Jury of your peers" is not possible in this case. So what do you propose? What about life imprisonment - some people object to that as well? Ultimately you need a jury to decide what follows the laws that are in existance at the time. If someone says they can´t do that, then no, they should not be on a jury. This probably is a straw-man argument and you mean something more nuanced; I´m just missing what.