Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:52:46 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@iki.fi> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "The Matrix" screensaver, v.0.2 Message-ID: <4971.935751166@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "27 Aug 1999 13:44:46 %2B0300." <86pv09wli9.fsf@not.demophon.com>
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In message <86pv09wli9.fsf@not.demophon.com>, Ville-Pertti Keinonen writes: > >Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> writes: > >> The third difference is that we only use jurys in murder cases, >> we fully realize the ability of a showman-laywer to sway a jury, >> therefore we don't use them, unless the issue is the gravest >> crime we know off. > >That doesn't seem quite valid, it shouldn't be considered a good thing >if a "showman-lawyer" (on either side) is permitted to sway a jury for >a murder-trial. I didn't say I agreed, I merely pointed out that we had limited the problem significantly. In Denmark a couple of interesting cases over the last five years have putj the use of a jury for even murder cases in the limelight. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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