Lindy Lou Isonhood: A juror's reflections on the death penalty
لیندی لوو آزون هوود: نظرات یک عضو هیئت منصفه در مورد حکم اعدام
Lindy Lou Isonhood served as Juror No. 2 on a capital murder trial in 1994 -- an experience that changed her life. Full bio
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You are free to go.
آزادی و میتوانی بروی.
go directly to your car.
یک راست به سمت ماشینت برو.
into the driver's seat.
محکوم به اعدام کرده بودیم.
of our unspoken culture.
فرهنگ نانوشته ما است.
اگر کسی را بکشید،
the death penalty.
process took place,
justified the death penalty,
حکم اعدام را تصدیق کرد،
انتخاب کردند.
"Yes, this man is a monster,
"بله، این مرد یک هیولا است،
و به دستهایش نگاه میکردم،
در زندان گذرانده بود،
as his hair and his mustache.
صورتش تیره و تاریک شده بود.
no doubt in his guilt.
هیج شک و تردیدی نبود.
that I just didn't understand.
که من متوجه آن نبودم.
to give this man the death penalty.
محکوم به اعدام کنم یا خیر.
دستورالعملهای مربوطه را میداد
only led to one decision,
ما را تنها با یک تصمیم روبرو کرد،
were in conflict with each other,
the judge's instructions,
به دستورات قاضی عمل کردم.
with the other 11 jurors.
و با ۱۱ عضو هیات منصفهی دیگر رای دادم.
که در حال خدمت بود.
church, ball games --
کلیسا و ورزش بود---
(نوعی بیماری ناشی از استرس و فشار روانی)
to overcome the PTSD
to talk about the trauma
یا حتی تلاش میکردم که دربارهاش حرف بزنم،
دربارهاش چیزی بشنود.
فراموشش کن.
to become a silent survivor.
had dropped all of his appeals,
مراحل داوریش را گذرانده.
just started coming back.
دوباره به سراغم آمدند.
I called Bobby's attorney, and I said,
با وکیل بابی تماس گرفتم و گفتم:
بابی را قبل از اعدامش ملاقات کنم؟"
on the day of his execution,
در ماشینم به سمت بازداشتگاه حرکت میکردم،
and talked about life,
دربارهی زندگی صحبت کردیم.
for my hand in his death.
عذرخواهی کردم.
and bought a margarita.
پیتزای مارگاریتا خریدم.
get one big enough --
به اندازهی کافی بزرگ بود
by the State of Mississippi.
enough to talk about it,
به اندازهی لازم حرف بزنم،
to the other jurors.
با بقیه اعضای هیئت منصفه حرف بزنی
بعداً قرار بود اتفاق بیفتد،
سزایش بوده را گرفته
that it took so long
که زمان زیادی
what was wrong with him,
نمیدانم چه مشکلی داشت،
anything about the trial.
محاکمه یادش نمی آمد
I'm gonna get from everybody else?"
که قراره از بقیه هم بگیرم؟»
he was genuinely upset
واقعاً آشفته بودم.
that the devastation
و به او ضربه زده بود.
of men to be executed
اعدام شده بودند پخش میکرد.
what he had done.
a responsibility in that man's death."
مرگ آن مرد را به عهده دارم.»
with that issue.
not even his wife.
به کسی چیزی نگفته است، حتی همسرش.
wanted to keep the death penalty,
اعدام کردن افراد را ادامه دهد،
counseling for the jurors.
اعضای هیئت منصفه نیاز دارند.
against the death penalty,
crushing depression for weeks,
افسردگی شدیدی داشت،
things to him like,
جیزهایی به او بگویند مثل،
با او حرف زدم کن بود.
saddened by what we were required to do.
از ما خواسته شده بود عمیقاً غمگین بود.
that he left the courthouse
را در ذهنش مرور کرد
in his door and unlock it,
داخل قفل در کند تا بازش کند،
if it was the right decision.
over and over in his head.
با خودش دربارهی آن در کلنجار بود
the only disillusioned juror.
که ناامید بود؛ من نبودم.
into what to expect,
داشته باشند،
to walk in one morning as a juror
هیئت منصفه حضور داشته باشید
feeling like a murderer.
یک قاتل را دارید
I did find some inspiration,
انگیزههایی هم پیدا کردم
of my granddaughters.
on the death penalty for school,
برای مدرسه مینوشت
that this child was being raised
to her this way:
needed to be open for discussion.
بحث شود
granddaughter was there, Anna,
آنا آنجا بود،
داشته باشم؟"
with this death penalty issue.
قانون اعدام بود
and I looked at her, and I said,
at her dad, and she said,
به او نگاه کرد و گفت،
had taught me some lessons.
not served on that jury,
هیئت منصفه خدمت نکرده بودم
the eyes of my granddaughters,
they're capable and they're willing
نرم کنند.
to stand on their own
پای خود بایستند
Christian family
in the United States,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lindy Lou Isonhood - Wife, mother, grandmother, friendLindy Lou Isonhood served as Juror No. 2 on a capital murder trial in 1994 -- an experience that changed her life.
Why you should listen
As Lindy Lou Isonhood writes: "I was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in December 1951 and was raised by my grandmother, a widow with nine children. She was my salvation. From her nurturing I acquired my integrity, independence and strength. She impacted the lives of all around her. I was employed for over half my life: as a federal police officer in the 1970s, then I went on to be the first female letter carrier with the US Postal Service in Jackson for seven years, followed by 18 years in the MS Army National Guard. I ended my working career as an office manager after 13 years with an architectural firm.
"A strong Christian, I am married to a retired colonel who is a very staunch conservative, like me. I'm the mother of two children, a son and a daughter, and three grandchildren -- all girls! The hearts of my life! There is nothing extraordinary about me. I have never achieved fame or any outstanding records or recognition. Never received a college degree although I have many accumulated hours. But my life reached a turning point when I served as a juror in the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial in 1994. This experience changed me from the inside out."
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