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Article: Capital sentencing - juror prejudice - Colorado Supreme Court holds presence of Bible in jury room prejudicial.
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- Harvard Law Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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CAPITAL SENTENCING--JUROR PREJUDICE--COLORADO SUPREME COURT HOLDS PRESENCE OF BIBLE IN JURY ROOM PREJUDICIAL.--People v. Harlan, 109 P.3d 616 (Colo.), cert, denied, 126 S. Ct. 399 (2005).
In the play A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas More is confronted with a hypothetical question: would he ignore the laws of England to imprison the Devil? (1) He steadfastly answers no, drawing a sharp distinction between the laws of God and the laws of man: "This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast--Man's laws, not God's--and if you cut them down ... d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?" (2) Recently, in People v. ...