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[Carborendum]

1 hour ago, NeuroTypical said:

Court rooms are interesting things.  When you're involved, you either sit on the defense side or the accuser side.  There are no middle seats.  I'm thinking it ain't that way on a heavenly level. 

On which side does the Jury sit?

[Jamie123]

2 hours ago, Carborendum said:

On which side does the Jury sit?

And the judge. I know old Rumpole aways complains about "The Judge for the Prosecution" (he nearly always defends) but at least in theory the judge is neutral.

[LDSGator]

@Jamie123-please forgive my ignorance, but in the UK does a “whole life order” mean it or is the criminal released in a decade or so?  

[Jamie123]

58 minutes ago, LDSGator said:

@Jamie123-please forgive my ignorance, but in the UK does a “whole life order” mean it or is the criminal released in a decade or so?  

I think "whole life order" means you will never be released alive. Its quite rare - most murderers do get out eventually, but some are considered so bad that they get "whole life" sentences.

Edited January 30 by Jamie123

[NeuroTypical]

3 hours ago, Carborendum said:

On which side does the Jury sit?

1 hour ago, Jamie123 said:

And the judge.

Yep, judge and jury are supposed to be the impartial ones.  Everyone else has a side.   

Wife and I were involved a few decades ago, when a relative was accused of doing horrible things to another relative.  The event polarized the family, with most of 'em standing with the accused, and my wife and I were the only ones standing with the victim.  That's where I formed my point I was trying to express.  I loved everyone in the room, but I had to chose who to sit behind.  Who to call the cops on.  Whose bishop to tell so they could get the excommunication going.

I dearly hope that God's perfect system of justice and mercy doesn't involve that kind of side-taking.

[Carborendum]

14 hours ago, NeuroTypical said:

Yep, judge and jury are supposed to be the impartial ones.  Everyone else has a side.   

Wife and I were involved a few decades ago, when a relative was accused of doing horrible things to another relative.  The event polarized the family, with most of 'em standing with the accused, and my wife and I were the only ones standing with the victim.  That's where I formed my point I was trying to express.  I loved everyone in the room, but I had to chose who to sit behind.  Who to call the cops on.  Whose bishop to tell so they could get the excommunication going.

I dearly hope that God's perfect system of justice and mercy doesn't involve that kind of side-taking.

My point was that in the physical (location) sense, I didn't think that "which side of the room" one sat meant that you were supporting one side or the other (which is what I thought you meant with the previous post to which I was responding).