You are a juror. Every piece of evidence says guilty — but your gut tells you the defendant is innocent. The jury must be unanimous.
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Read the expert analysisPolitical Philosophy
This is a clash between two definitions of justice: justice as evidence-following procedure, and justice as the conscience of the individual juror. The jury system is designed precisely because both have to be present — but it's also designed to make evidence the dominant signal. Acting on gut against evidence breaks the system; acting on evidence against gut breaks the conscience.
Why people split
People who answer A think the juror's job is to evaluate the evidence presented and trust the system to catch errors elsewhere (appeals, retrials). People who answer B think the unanimous-verdict requirement exists specifically so that one juror's serious doubt can stop a verdict from going forward.
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What the split says
With 2 total votes and a gap under 8%, this dilemma is genuinely split among SplitVote voters: neither option has a clear majority. It surfaces how voters split between rule and exception.
Worth asking yourself
- Would you apply the same standard to yourself?
- Does context excuse the act, or just explain it?