By Monica K. Miller
ISBN-10: 1593321422
ISBN-13: 9781593321420
Miller demonstrates how faith impacts each point of the judicial procedure by means of concentrating on spiritual appeals via legal professionals in last arguments of demise penalty sentencing trials. She explores even if those appeals lead jurors to make legally impermissible judgements, as a few courts have feared. Can spiritual appeals lead jurors to depend on the Bible rather than kingdom legislations? Her effects exhibit that the extra members trusted Biblical authority, the extra they depended on their instincts and the fewer they trusted facts and the judge's directions. Gender, devotionalism, trust in a literal Biblical interpretation, and an individual's cognitive processing type additionally affected verdicts.
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CONCLUSION While less frequent than prosecution appeals, defense appeals are sometimes used to persuade jurors to have mercy on the defendant. These defense appeals come in many forms, but all are intended to remind jurors that God allows forgiveness and encourages compassion. Defense appeals, just like prosecution appeals, are likely to be more persuasive to those who believe in God and the Bible. Even if such appeals are only influential to a small number of jurors, these appeals have the potential to have a major impact on death penalty trials.
French, 1998; Commonwealth v. Chambers, 1991; Commonwealth v. DeJesus, 2004; Sandoval v. Calderon, 2001; State v. Middlebrooks, 1999). The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that “reliance in any manner upon the Bible or any other religious writing in support of the imposition of a penalty of death is reversible error per se and may subject violators to disciplinary action (Commonwealth v. Chambers, 1991, p. ” This holding was later extended to religious arguments made by defense counsel (Commonwealth v.
Thus, the prosecutor is not allowed total freedom to use religious appeals just because the defendant has done so first. Such a decision may reflect the courts’ recognition that appeals by the defense may not offset appeals by the prosecution, creating an inequity of arguments and potentially violating the defendant’s rights. 48 Religion in Criminal Justice Harmless Error Rule Many courts have found that the religious appeals were prejudicial or violated the defendant’s rights, yet ultimately determined that these remarks were harmless error (Bennett v.
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