As if that weren’t bad enough, I once wrote an article in which I confessed that
one of the few things ever written by Alan Dershowitz that I accepted as gospel was his
contention that over 90% of all criminal defendants are guilty as charged.
And, finally, at the point during voir dire when I’d be asked if I could vote for
acquittal if, in spite of a preponderance of evidence, the defense could show that the
police had committed a technical error in making the arrest, I’d have to chuckle at the
very notion and admit that I couldn’t imagine ever doing anything that stupid.
So far as I’m concerned, if the cops make a simple human error, that in no way
entitles the criminal to walk free. If, on the other hand, the cops make an intentional
error, I would put the cops on trial, but I’d still be unable to grasp the logic of letting the
felon scoot. I mean, short of planting evidence, employing the third degree in order to
obtain a confession, or committing perjury, I fail to see how the behavior of the cops
should ever affect the outcome of a criminal trial.
As you can plainly see, I simply am not cut out to be a juror. On the other hand, I
think I’d make a hell of a judge.