Article April 8, 1985 Issue

Spiritual guidance and jury duty

KENNY L. BAKER

The judge began to read the nine charges against the defendant. The prospective jurors listened quietly. I was one of them.

At first I little understood the legal wording and ramifications of what the judge was saying. Then it all began to sink in. I started to react in disbelief and revulsion. The charges had to do with the molestation and abuse of three little girls by an adult.

As I listened, it dawned on me that I could very well be chosen to serve on the jury and that I would be bound by oath, and by law, to render proper judgment—on the evidence—of the guilt or innocence of the defendant.

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