After Dick and Perry were arrested for murder, there was an elected jury to hear their case and decide whether or not the death penalty should be issued to them. The jury is picked on the idea that Perry and Dick should be executed because of the kinds of people that are elected to be jurors. While electing the jury, the book states, “another twenty won dismissal either because they opposed capital punishment or because they had admitted to having already formed a firm opinion regarding to the guilt of these defendants.” Both of these reasons that some people were dismissed are because of the fact that the state believes they will hold back the death penalty. Either because they opposed it, or because they had already made a decision, and therefore wouldn’t pay attention to the evidence presented and this is where the prosecution wants to show they deserve the death penalty. Therefore, they believe that all twenty will not issue the death penalty, so in return they are not invited to be jurors. Another example of the state picking people that will issue the death penalty is when the book is describing the people picked for the job. The book sates, “They were all family men, and were more affiliated with one or another of the local churches.” First, this quote shows that the people picked for the jury are family people, and Dick and Perry killed a family, so the state is hoping that these people will have no mercy toward the killers. Second, this quote says that everyone was affiliated with the church, and even though it says that the preacher of the church was still against the death penalty, neither Dick or Perry were very religious, and therefore the state is hoping this is another way the jurors will have no mercy toward the killers. The state obviously wants Dick and Perry to be killed, and the way that they pick the jurors is in a way that will give them the best chance to have Dick and Perry executed.