Your trial was fair – you were represented by an attorney and the jury was not coerced in their decision.
The jury’s guilty verdict was unanimous.
Your main discussion prompt: If you had a chance to escape and flee to another country, would you do so?Cconsider and discuss the following:
1. Do you believe that you have a “social contract” with the United States, similar to that described by Socrates in the Crito?
2. If you HAVE entered into a social contract with the US, what should you do based on Social Contract Theory?
3. What do you think you actually would do?
If you believe you DO have a social contract with US in #2 but would choose to escape and break that contract, explain why. How would you justify your escape?
4. Would a different punishment warrant different behavior on your part, e.g., would you make the same choice if your prison sentence was only 1 year?
5. Finally, if this case was applied to your sibling or child, what would you counsel him/her to do?
