Raziaar
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You don't know if the murder was the result of organized crime, though you have suspicions that it very well could be.
What would you do?
NOTE: There is no poll because I don't want there to be canned answers. I want real responses on how people would react to this sort of life changing situation where you could potentially find yourself in harms way, or perhaps you wouldn't.
EDIT*EDITED BASED ON A FEW STATEMENTS FROM BELOW*: I guess perhaps I was way too vague, even though that was sort of the point. I wanted to see how people would feel they'd behave in a situation where they were a witness to a murder and you have all these circumstances where witness victims can become targets for intimidation or murder because of what they have seen, before they even get a chance to sit on the witness chair.
The feeling that you don't know if you will be thrust into that scenario, or if it will be the sort of situation where the law completely protects you and the murderer isn't connected and is so small time he can't really feasibly reach you.
Because it won't always be a situation where you'll testify but then you're threatened and you back out and so they leave you alone.
Me personally? I don't know if I would have it in me. I'd be so scared for my life and I know there are still serious elements of organized and semi-organized crime out there, so I'd constantly be worrying for the worst. I can't honestly say that the answer for me will always be a definitive "yes, I will testify and carry this out to the end, even if it means my life is in danger because it's the right thing to do".
It wasn't so much about the elements of the crime as it was to determine if people would all take the 'typical route' of claiming they'd do all the morally right things. Because even though that happens a lot in this world, it also doesn't... people are influenced for whatever reasons to not be the witness they are supposed to be. People aren't always straight shooters and don't always step up to the plate when they know they should even if they really want to.
I don't know if I can explain any better.
What would you do?
NOTE: There is no poll because I don't want there to be canned answers. I want real responses on how people would react to this sort of life changing situation where you could potentially find yourself in harms way, or perhaps you wouldn't.
EDIT*EDITED BASED ON A FEW STATEMENTS FROM BELOW*: I guess perhaps I was way too vague, even though that was sort of the point. I wanted to see how people would feel they'd behave in a situation where they were a witness to a murder and you have all these circumstances where witness victims can become targets for intimidation or murder because of what they have seen, before they even get a chance to sit on the witness chair.
The feeling that you don't know if you will be thrust into that scenario, or if it will be the sort of situation where the law completely protects you and the murderer isn't connected and is so small time he can't really feasibly reach you.
Because it won't always be a situation where you'll testify but then you're threatened and you back out and so they leave you alone.
Me personally? I don't know if I would have it in me. I'd be so scared for my life and I know there are still serious elements of organized and semi-organized crime out there, so I'd constantly be worrying for the worst. I can't honestly say that the answer for me will always be a definitive "yes, I will testify and carry this out to the end, even if it means my life is in danger because it's the right thing to do".
It wasn't so much about the elements of the crime as it was to determine if people would all take the 'typical route' of claiming they'd do all the morally right things. Because even though that happens a lot in this world, it also doesn't... people are influenced for whatever reasons to not be the witness they are supposed to be. People aren't always straight shooters and don't always step up to the plate when they know they should even if they really want to.
I don't know if I can explain any better.
