Getting Started Workshop One pointed out that the Founding Fathers designed a ju

Getting Started
Workshop One pointed out that the Founding Fathers designed a judicial system that would tip the scales in favor of letting a guilty person go free in order to minimize the chances of sending an innocent person to prison. Yet, even with this system design, we frequently read about people who were found guilty and have spent years in prison only to be exonerated. Of course, as those who study our system would predict, there are cases in which the evidence seems overwhelming yet, the jury returns a not guilty verdict. While our Founding Fathers would prefer the latter, an apparently guilty person going free, both are really an affront to justice.
True justice would seem to demand two elements: (1) only the guilty are convicted, and (2) all those who are guilty are convicted. Knowing that mistakes would be made because fallible human beings would be in the roles of prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and jurors, the Founding Fathers so valued liberty that they focused on the first element and “rigged” the system to force more errors of letting guilty people go free. While this system is widely believed to be one of the best designed by man, is it truly just?
Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:
Describe your perspective of what constitutes acts of kindness and compassion as it relates to the Criminal Justice System.
Background Information
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Col 3:12-13
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following prompts:
What are the primary characteristics of compassion drawn from these verses?
What do these verses suggest about how important it is to develop a heart for, and actually undertake acts of compassion?
Your initial post should be at least one paragraph long and is due by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
Read and respond to at least one of your classmates’ postings, as well as all follow-up instructor questions directed to you, by the end of the workshop.
Your response should be a minimum of one paragraph in length.