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Butchers on Juries
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Butchers in 19th Century
England were not allowed
on juries.
It was felt their jobs
made them less sensitive
to pain.
They had gotten used to
shrieks, guts, suffering,
and spreading blood stains.
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Note: FBI profilers document
that those who have become
insensitive to animal suffering
are more likely to be able to
kill human beings.
Another reason why..
Another reason why butchers may have not been allowed to serve on juries is some less than honest butchers have been known to put their thumbs on the scale when they'd weigh your order. This would cause the scale to go higher and you would be charged more. The last thing they want on a jury is a butcher who would put his thumb on the scales of Justice and unfairly weigh a verdict one way or another. I think you would agree it was the right decision to make.