text: The piece suggests that any of us could ne placed in the same position on a death penalty jury. Not true. In states with the death penalty, jurors on capital cases must be "death penalty qualified" meaning they must indicate a willingness to vote for death. Citizens opposed to the death penalty are not allowed to serve in cases where it is at issue. Many believe that this results in conviction leaning juries which can be the reason prosecutors ask for the death penalty, to increase  the chance of a conviction