I still think anyone can be objective. But I do think that past experience _informs_ that objectivity.
In the case of a trial, typically the lawyers on both sides push the bs frontier hard, and say and imply a lot of crap. Especially if they have a weak case. Someone who has experienced that same event, from EITHER side, is more likely to see through the bs than someone who hasn't. for example, if a rape suspect has a defense of "how could the victim identify the attacker, it was dark". A former victim might, from personal experience, have a better idea if that were possible. I think if the defendant was truly innocent, they would WANT someone with first-hand knowledge to be able to see past the prosecutions stretches, and know what was and wasnt possible. The same reason you might want a chef on the jury for a case about cooking, or a ball player on the jury for a case about locker room behavior. They come with an expertise not found in the general public, who can only apply general knowledge to a subject. Of course, often a party does NOT want an expert around, since the last thing they want is the facts to be judged by a knowledgable person. On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/so-sue-me/201408/do-attractive-people-fare-better-in-the-courtroom > > "According to a Cornell University study > <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsl.939/abstract> by Justin J. > Gunnell and Stephen J. Ceci, more attractive defendants are less likely to > be found guilty <http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/guilt> than less > attractive ones. In addition, if there are monetary damages involved, then > more attractive plaintiffs tend to receive higher rewards." > > Still find it baffling that people argued against that point. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
