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The justice system is heavily weighed against grieving fathers Since I've never been on a jury, all my knowledge about how the selection process works comes from the film Runaway Jury, which I'm sure is 100% accurate, despite having little in common with its predecessor, Runaway Bride. Anyway, that film taught me that the members of the jury have to say whether or not they harbor any prejudices that might color their opinion of the defendant, such as a prior relationship with the defendant, or a dislike of their race, gender, what have you. But the one prejudice you never hear about, because clearly it's so rife in the justice system, and society as a whole, as to not need vocalizing, is the average jury member's searing hatred of fathers who have just seen their young family butchered. I mean, what's not to hate about those guys? Knowing of this prejudice, Jamie Foxx, who I think is meant to be the hero, despite having no redeeming qualities whatsoever, tells Gerard Butler, playing one such grieving father (oh, how I hate them! With their impotent rage and deep, crippling sadness!) that with no DNA evidence to back up their case, Butler can't testify against the man who killed his wife and daughter, because who in their right mind would side with him over a clearly guilty man? Finally, someone takes a stand against this plague of men who have lost everything that are such a blight on society.
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