Comments on: Dreams http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Polimom Says » Houston’s East End Worker Development Center (an update) http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/#comment-3049 Fri, 19 May 2006 15:52:41 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/#comment-3049 [...] There was something else, though, that came out of the conversation for Polimom. As regular readers here know, I was recently a juror in a case involving an illegal immigrant. Part of the problem with the alibis and explanations was that there was absolutely nothing to prove (or disprove) where this individual worked, what he did, how he did it… nothing. Had there been such a center in Rosenberg, however, this man would have been far more credible, because there would have been documentation supporting his work (or even presence) at a particular location. There would have been support (or not) for his explanation for carrying his knife (as a common work tool). [...] […] There was something else, though, that came out of the conversation for Polimom. As regular readers here know, I was recently a juror in a case involving an illegal immigrant. Part of the problem with the alibis and explanations was that there was absolutely nothing to prove (or disprove) where this individual worked, what he did, how he did it… nothing. Had there been such a center in Rosenberg, however, this man would have been far more credible, because there would have been documentation supporting his work (or even presence) at a particular location. There would have been support (or not) for his explanation for carrying his knife (as a common work tool). […]

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/#comment-1328 Sun, 07 May 2006 23:46:13 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/#comment-1328 Hollis, Good question! It was one of the things I was troubled with during deliberations. However, this case was a "he says she says" kind of thing. Not a lick of physical evidence, scientific or otherwise. I don't think I could support the death penalty without overwhelming evidence (which we didn't have). But there are cases in which such evidence exists in abudance. Hollis,

Good question! It was one of the things I was troubled with during deliberations. However, this case was a “he says she says” kind of thing. Not a lick of physical evidence, scientific or otherwise.

I don’t think I could support the death penalty without overwhelming evidence (which we didn’t have). But there are cases in which such evidence exists in abudance.

]]> by: Hollis http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/#comment-1272 Sat, 06 May 2006 23:18:41 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/05/04/dreams/#comment-1272 I wonder in light of your recent experience with the criminal justice system how on earth you can support the death penalty. I wonder in light of your recent experience with the criminal justice system how on earth you can support the death penalty.

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