Church & State separate ? Not in Colorado

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I could be wrong, but I don't think it is within the purview of a judge to look at the reason (or one of the reasons) that a jury came to their verdict. What he has done is put himself in the deliberation room at that point, and i think that is wrong. That is not his job.

I agree that the Supreme Court made the right decision in this case. All jurors are basically instructed that the only thing that should come into play in the decision-making process is the letter of the law. Not emotion, not religion, not a Ouji board. They are to simply look at the facts of the case and look at what the law says and make the decisions based solely on that information. Their job is not to look to the bible to aid in their decision. If that is what they did, there really is no choice but to step in. They aren't doing their job correctly. Besides, this wasn't done by the trial judge and he didn't put himself in the deliberation room. It went to the Supreme Court where a 3 judge panel independently made the decision.