Thosequestionsweaskbecausewearehuman

Sometimesitseasytobecertainofyouropinionanditsvaliditywhenyouonlyhearonesideofthestory.Thisdocumentarysetsouttoshatteryoursenseofcertaintybypresentingtoyouasmanyaspectsofthesamestoryaspossible.Itsclearthatthedirectorhimselfisagainstdeathpenalty.ItwouldhavebeeneasyforhimtocutoutthepartwherethewomenwholosthermotherandbrothersaidthatthedeathofMichealgaveherrelief.Withoutthatstatement,thisfilmwouldbemuchstrongertospeakagainstdeathpenalty.However,WernerHerzogdidnot.IpresumebecauseherversionofthestorymatteredtoHerzog.Mostpeopleagreethatweaspeople,withtheconstrainsofourcognitivecapacity,isnotcapableofandcannotaffordtobeutilitarian.However,itishumannatureforustotry.Ourattemptstoconsidereverypossibilityandbeasthoroughashumanlypossibleforissuessuchasdeathpenaltyandabortionmakeushuman.Inthatsense,thisdocumentarydoesnotspeakeitherfororagainstdeathpenalty,itspeaksforforhumanity.[sidenote]Bothinmatesarguedthattheywereinnocentincourt.TherewereabitmoreevidencetoconvictMicheal,butnotthatmuchafterall.ButthefatesoftheMichealandJasonwerecompletelydifferent.Onewaskilled.Theotherlives,hasawifeandababyontheway.Whatwasthedifference?Theirattitudeincourt?Jasonsfatherstestimony?Theirappearances?Werethosetherightparametertodetermineamansinnocence?Totakeamanslife?Whatifwewerewrong?Youmaysaythatafewmishapshappeninthecourtoflawanditsjustthecasualtyofjustice,butinmyopinion,evenonelifelostisonetoomany.Weashumanbeingsdonothavethecapacitytojudgewhetherornotweshouldtakeanotherpersonslife.Itisnotwithinourrightorpowertojudge.