As long as you don’t work with cows it shouldn’t matter, Now if it a job on a dairy farm…
Comment on When a judge tells the jury to ‘forget XYZ,’ how can the jury possibly do that?
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
When I was on the hiring team at work, I googled an applicant and discovered that they were arrested in the 90s for filming themself having sex with a cow. That is increadibly offputting but they had a clean record in the 30 years since then and even if they didn’t it was in no way applicable to the job in question so I simply disregarded that fact. Obviously I still knew they fucked a cow but I simply didn’t consiously factor it into the hiring decision. They did get the job btw.
I imagine it is the same for a jury. Obviously the jury can’t literally forget something that was said but they can consiously choose to disregard it when it comes to their final decision. Obviously it’s not perfect because any information admissable or otherwise will subconsciously influence someones verdict but if they try to actively ignore that info then it is better than nothing.
vrek@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Gotta admire the dedication of producing homemade beastiality porn in the 60s with a camera that must’ve weighed a ton. Hired!
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That’s not admirable…
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not the crime against nature we’re admiring, it’s the dedication and any sufficient amount of dedication worth admiring is rare to find nowadays.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Did they know you knew they fucked a cow? I hope you used that as leverage in every confrontation with them.
bcgm3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If a jury of my peers finds me guilty of any crime, no matter how obvious it is that I did it, and I then find out they’re all a bunch of cow fuckers, I will be filing for an appeal.
I’m sorry if I missed the point of this story, it was a long day for me.