Originally Posted by
retswerb
Courts don't decide based on safety, they decide based on law (or their interpretation thereof). I wouldn't see this argument helping much.
You're probably right. A bunch of laws are written to protect individuals. Yet, the entire legal system uses shockingly little judgement in whether their application of the laws is actually improving safety to the individuals involved.
A jury has some discretion as to the application of the laws, but the system has made themselves so busy prosecuting petty crimes that they don't have time to seat a jury.