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To: RobertClark

“Your unwillingness to declare community with a jury that delivered a verdict based entirely on the facts presented...”

Maybe because we’re not so gullible as to believe that the jury was as rational as you claim they are?


103 posted on 07/05/2011 8:15:02 PM PDT by ari-freedom (All we are saying....is give the military a chance)
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To: ari-freedom
Maybe because we’re not so gullible as to believe that the jury was as rational as you claim they are?

With your, obviously, vast understanding of the exhibits offered during the trial and the structure of the prosecution's case, pray tell what factual evidence did they omit from their deliberation? The forensics were weak, the theory presented of the crime was weak. No clear connection was established that offered any definitive culpability supporting the charges. The DA rushed to trial with a weak case.

The prosecution relied on attacking the character of the defendant. Is she a model citizen? Why heck no, but personal opinion of the defendant should not weigh in a jury's deliberation. Let's take it from the other direction: should a personal attack against an accuser in a rape trial alleging promiscuity and seductive behavior weigh in favor of the defendant as justification?

The lack of objectivity in most people is becoming palpable.

109 posted on 07/05/2011 8:30:57 PM PDT by RobertClark (On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.)
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