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posted by: surrogate (reply) post date: 03.09.07 (6:30 pm) It would seem that the counselor's reasoning, though sound, was nulified by the very fact it had been explained to the murderer. Had the counselor simply made his point to the judge, then the judge would not have been within his self imposed bounds to carry out the sentence on any of the days during the week, and therefore, ever. By giving the murderer the confindence of knowing he could not be hung, it recereated condition that allowed the sentence to be carried out on ANY of the seven days. Either that, or the lawyer simply wanted to relieve his client of the worry of not knowing and therefore create a condition where the murderer could relax and sleep soundly till the inevitable occurred. posted by: tabootenente (reply) post date: 03.13.07 (8:05 pm) Reply to: surrogate i think you're right. it's a knowledge paradox. without the reasoning that allows the murderer to "know" he can't be killed, say, on saturday, and therefore not on friday, the murderer should be surprised on any day that the judge brings down his sentence. but with the reasoning, he's certain to be surprised on any day, just the same. there's still a problem, i think; even the least observant murderer would be sure to see the problem come saturday morning. there is no other day he could possibly hang. and what about on friday morning? the murderer would probably be confused as to how the judge planned on carrying out the sentence, but is confusion the same as surprise? also, wouldn't the judge need to be absolutely certain that the murderer WOULD know the day of his death--and therefore that he SHOULDN'T hang? if he could be sure the murderer knew, then he could go ahead and hang him. this is a real paradox - one without an answer. the problem is that the judge needs to be sure that the murderer does know, and therefore, can't. at the same time, the judge must be sure that the prisoner doesn't know. my thought is that the murderer will be surprised on any day he hangs; but at the same time the judge can't fulfill his sentence to the letter. |
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The jury found the prisoner guilty of the worst sort of murder, and the judge was well within his rights to sentence the prisoner to death; however, the judge could not indulge himself by condemning the murderer to an excruciating demise. The Law of the State prohibited any death-sentence other than a simple hanging. Nevertheless, the nature of the murderer's remorseless crime filled the judge with outrage, so he struggled within the bounds of his mandate to find a way to make this particular hanging slightly more painful.