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Originally Posted by LiveDose
That fucker definitely got away with murder.
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Yes he did. However as a juror I might have found reasonable doubt myself. I wouldn't have found him innocent. But I damn sure would be full of doubt.
Jurors were sequestered 265 days.
They listened to 8 days of opening/closing arguments.
The PROSECUTION, thru nine different attorneys, for 99 days, presented 72 witnesses, 488 exhibits, and 50,000 pages of court transcripts.
I would have been so confused, bored, horny, sober, angry, worried about personal stuff, ... that yes I would have doubts. 100 days to present their case? And the defense hasn't even started yet!
Two California appeals courts previously ruled DNA evidence is sound; another said there is not enough agreement among scientists to allow DNA tests into evidence. The highest law in the state shows reasonable doubt on the only evidence there really is. Despite this you are forced to sit thru weeks of forensic instruction and presentation.
265 days away from family/friends/sex. The state paying me 5 dollars a day! Will I still have a job? Will I remember how to do my job? Am I financially ruined?
He was not innocent. Reasonable doubt was everywhere ... not guilty.