Jah Cure Questions
From Cyberlaw
Jah Cure Questions:
- Does publicity (of the record, of the parties' names, etc.) advance the normative purpose of a trial?
- What are the racial and cultural (for example, the fact that Jah Cure is Rasta) undertones of the trial?
- Can we think of the defendant as our son, the victim as our daughter?
- What trial procedure corresponds best to "truth" (creation or recreation)?
- Was the search for truth sacrificed by the failure to call more witnesses for the defense?
- Does a legal transcript expose the "truth" better than soundbites/media reports?
- How does one best aggregate incomplete evidence to create cogency?
- What alternative fact story could Jah Cure offer regarding his car?
- Has the adversarial process been "perfected"? Can we even call this a "trial"?
- Is it possible to use a reasonable doubt standard to resolve rape cases?
- What is the responsibility of the factfinder to correct deficient advocacy on both sides and get closer to the truth? Would we be more comfortable with judges or juries doing this correction?
- Does rehabilitation of the rapist silence the voice of the victim?
- Is there any responsibility between adversaries to ensure a "fair fight"?
- Does the gender of the judge have an impact on the verdict?
- Does the victim have a right not only to hide her own identity from the public, but to hide the identity of the accused from the jury (while still allowing relevant characteristics/traits to be revealed)?
- How does a program focusing on dispute resolution and ending emnity in the community address a rape case, especially one that has been the subject of publicity that (until recently) has been dominated by the accused? Is the victim's voice adequately represented?
