Comments on: Special health courts – the debate http://www.medrants.com/archives/2304 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arf http://www.medrants.com/archives/2304/comment-page-1#comment-14903 arf Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:30:15 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/03/17/special-health-courts-the-debate/#comment-14903 Since there are some states that do not have the death penalty, I guess some states do want to limit the penalties meted out by a jury. I believe the arguments used by death penalty opponents include that the death penalty is.....irrational, unsophisticated, unwieldy, and slow. In addition to....not being a deterrent, imposed unevenly, etc. Since there are some states that do not have the death penalty, I guess some states do want to limit the penalties meted out by a jury.

I believe the arguments used by death penalty opponents include that the death penalty is…..irrational, unsophisticated, unwieldy, and slow.

In addition to….not being a deterrent, imposed unevenly, etc.

]]> By: Curious JD http://www.medrants.com/archives/2304/comment-page-1#comment-14820 Curious JD Fri, 18 Mar 2005 03:05:47 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/03/17/special-health-courts-the-debate/#comment-14820 Charles, they were only frustrating because I'm not as convinced of your greatness as you are. Here's the key phrase in the whole debate, and it's right there in the beginning: "In this country, we trust juries enough to let them kill someone in a criminal case, but somehow, when juries make decisions about money, especially insurance company money, they're attacked as irrational, unsophisticated, unwieldy, and slow." Charles, they were only frustrating because I’m not as convinced of your greatness as you are.

Here’s the key phrase in the whole debate, and it’s right there in the beginning:

“In this country, we trust juries enough to let them kill someone in a criminal case, but somehow, when juries make decisions about money, especially insurance company money, they’re attacked as irrational, unsophisticated, unwieldy, and slow.”

]]> By: charles http://www.medrants.com/archives/2304/comment-page-1#comment-14792 charles Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:10:34 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/03/17/special-health-courts-the-debate/#comment-14792 thanks for the link - i read the whole debate so far. i think howard has some pretty indisputable points, and i am amazed by the distortions and blatant appeals to some sort of warped populism that mencimer makes. her arguments to preserve the status quo only benefit trial lawyers and patients whose injuries are sensational enough to actually have a day in court. reminds me of my own running debates of yore with a certain frustrating jd. thanks for the link – i read the whole debate so far. i think howard has some pretty indisputable points, and i am amazed by the distortions and blatant appeals to some sort of warped populism that mencimer makes. her arguments to preserve the status quo only benefit trial lawyers and patients whose injuries are sensational enough to actually have a day in court. reminds me of my own running debates of yore with a certain frustrating jd.

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