Well, from that, we can conclude that you, Alissa, don't really believe that following the law is important.
And what a splendid way of saving money....let's just get rid of that "innocent until proven guilty" principle!
There was a preponderance of circumstanlial evidense in this case, [...]
Fine.
That will get you a Grand Jury indictment, or a family court judgement.
But this was a criminal trial. The standard of evidence is above "preponderance of the evidence"...and it's even beyond "clear and convincing evidence" or "Clear, Unequivocal, Satisfactory, and Convincing Evidence", etc.
Those are lower standards than what the law (oh, that pesky "law" thing again!) prescribes for this criminal trial, where a person's liberty (and even life) is at stake.
Circumstantial evidence is fine and common sense is fine, just like evaluating veracity of witnesses is fine. But the highest standard of proof is still required--throughout this great land of America...state to state, even in Florida.
I learned more about our legal system with this trial.
Your points are valid and helpful. the whole point of the law is to NOT go with our emotions.