Not Guilty

[Kettle]

fine. i'll edit my post.

no I won't.

[Panthro]

I would rather a guilty person go free than an innocent person be convicted.

[teeray]

I've served on a jury in a murder trial.

If the jury pool had a minimum IQ requirement, probably close to half of my fellow jurors would never have made it. And I seriously doubt that trial was unique in that regard.

This is one of the things I really hate about the justice system.

LOL. That is the second knee jerk reaction. "The jury is just stupid". People act like these guys just took the evidence and said "Yeah she is guilty but I looked at her from across the room so I am going to let her walk"

The fact is that the state over reached with Murder 1 with a pretty weak case. I am not surprised at all and I watched a good bit of the trial on HLN.

[bleys]

BS like this is why I stopped watching the news :mad:

I hadn't heard the story until today..

<--- doesn't keep up with the "news"

[teeray]

I would rather a guilty person go free than an innocent person be convicted.

this x1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

[teeray]

no. she was found not guilty. big difference.

No it isn't.

[boo7382]

I would rather a guilty person go free than an innocent person be convicted.

Happened almost everyday until DNA came into play.

People are still being released to this day based on DNA evidence....back then, you could be convicted simply because your blood type matched that of the killers....pretty crazy.

gawd I love the show Cold Case Files.....not to be confused with the shitty one....Cold Case.

[Mr. Scot]

I served on a federal jury in December. Everyone was very intelligent, well dressed and most seemed rather successful.

I'm sure the people who let OJ, the Menendez brothers and Casey Anthony off were all brilliant people too.

[Jangler]

No it isn't.

uh yeah it is. Nobody, not even 12 people on this planet can find somebody innocent.

[thefuzz]

She's certainly not guilty, but also not innocent either.

If you can't prove how a person died, you probably aren't gonna hang someone for it.

[boo7382]

no. she was found not guilty. big difference.

No it isn't.

uhhhh.....yes it is

If you are innocent, you are absolutely without fault in all aspects. But you still face all the consequences of being charged with a criminal offense. If you are not guilty, you perhaps did not do the crime, there was no crime, they arrested the wrong person, they could not prove their case, any one or combination of the above can produce the not guilty verdict.

basically, a jury will never come back and say, we find you innocent. never.

you can claim your innocence, but from the day you are indicted....you will either be found guilty or not guilty based on the evidence and facts presented in the case.

[teeray]

I'm sure the people who let OJ, the Menendez brothers and Casey Anthony off were all brilliant people too.

A prosecutor not reaching the burden of proof =/= to "jury is stupid".

[Cat]

I'm sure the people who let OJ, the Menendez brothers and Casey Anthony off were all brilliant people too.

I don't know. Point is because you had a bunch of morons serving with you doesn't mean that is always the case or even typically the case. That's a silly assumption.

[Jangler]

unless you sink, then we know you are innocent.