Rights And Duties In The Hollywood Film Run Away Jury
Rights and duties are correlative. The Hollywood film, "Run Away Jury," sensationally depicts a number of the processes that jurors experience during a criminal trial. View the film and then discuss, based on the chapter readings, what these rights and duties are that attach to jurors?
Deontology is defined by dictionary.com as ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action ("Deontology," n.d.). The text suggests that as far as deontology applies to criminal justice they are five (5) elements that relate to punishment. (1) Based on the crime the state has a moral right to punish based on the crime. (2) The state has a moral; duty to punish based on the interest of justice alone. (3) The punishment must be equivalent to the crime that was committed. (4) Punishment severs to even out or rectify the harm that was committed. (5) Offender has a right to be respected and has a moral right to punishment (Arrigo & Williams, 2008, p. 184). The sum of these elements does a very good job in explaining the duties of a jury.
Those that have not been exposed to a jury trial might be rather shocked how to process works, not only in criminal matters but also in civil matters as in the case …show more content…
Nick manipulated his way onto the jury and then after the trial made an offer that the jury could be bought for a monetary price. Deontology, was used by Nick after gaining the trust of the parties in the jury, Nick used his influence to assure that others feelings as to their moral duties, obligation and right action was used in his favor. In this case the bribe was paid and collected, the jury was pushed in favor of the plaintiff with a huge monetary award. The bribe was use to force the jury consultant Flitch to retire and the money used to benefit victims in the previous shooting in Gardner
Deontology is defined by dictionary.com as ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action ("Deontology," n.d.). The text suggests that as far as deontology applies to criminal justice they are five (5) elements that relate to punishment. (1) Based on the crime the state has a moral right to punish based on the crime. (2) The state has a moral; duty to punish based on the interest of justice alone. (3) The punishment must be equivalent to the crime that was committed. (4) Punishment severs to even out or rectify the harm that was committed. (5) Offender has a right to be respected and has a moral right to punishment (Arrigo & Williams, 2008, p. 184). The sum of these elements does a very good job in explaining the duties of a jury.
Those that have not been exposed to a jury trial might be rather shocked how to process works, not only in criminal matters but also in civil matters as in the case …show more content…
Nick manipulated his way onto the jury and then after the trial made an offer that the jury could be bought for a monetary price. Deontology, was used by Nick after gaining the trust of the parties in the jury, Nick used his influence to assure that others feelings as to their moral duties, obligation and right action was used in his favor. In this case the bribe was paid and collected, the jury was pushed in favor of the plaintiff with a huge monetary award. The bribe was use to force the jury consultant Flitch to retire and the money used to benefit victims in the previous shooting in Gardner