gimmekeef wrote on Jul 6
th, 2011 at 9:04am:
when a child is killed public outcry for justice is understandable....however the jury only deliberated 11 hours?.....sounds like weak evidence to me or poor prosecution maybe. Really hard to say unless you have all the facts.....which generally escapes most folks who post on blogs.
huge outcry from the media, stoking a public opinion, over a child death... weak evidence, hell, they couldn't even say how the child died... to go for a capital murder, was stupid... millions wasted... of course the jury would've easily gone for manslaughter, but a manslsuaghter case wasn't presented... idiots!!! I'm repeating myself... I'm pissed like mot, but i'm not surprised... I watched the trial, not the media hype, this verdict didn't surprise me at all. I would've voted the same way, even though I'm pretty sure guilt is there, you just don't convict on pretty sure or I think or it appears or the behavior... you convict on evidence and the rule of law. There's a good John Adams quote on this topic.
“It's of more importance to community that innocence should be protected than it is that guilt should be punished”
that's some serious deep shit there... That is at the crux of our judicial system, and it is awesome... in so many places in the world they would kill a person for a lesser crime with no evidence of guilt...
We are a much better nation. Here's another great quote from Kenny Powers... lol!
"sure, I've been called a xenophobe, but the truth is, I'm not. I honestly just feel that America is the best country and the other countries aren't as good. That used to be called patriotism." Kenny Powers- East Bound and Down.