[luvbach1]

FR is not a court of law. Assumption of innocence need not extend beyond the courthouse. We can even conclude guilt from "evidence" we know.

[norton]

"FR is not a court of law. Assumption of innocence need not extend beyond the courthouse. We can even conclude guilt from "evidence" we know.'

You got the quote marks wrong...should be:

"FR is not a court of law. Assumption of innocence need not extend beyond the courthouse. We can even conclude guilt from evidence we "know".

Rumors of watch boxes and/or being spotted in a strange town are only that until taken to court and proven. Finding a body near a spot where someone advertised he'd been months before could be argued by either defense or prosecution.

Lynch mobs aren't nice things, even verbal ones.

To Alisasne; I THINK Jackson is guilty as hell, don't know it but expect it to be proven IF it goes to court. I don't even trust the courts too very much but rounding up the townspeople to hunt down Frankenstein's monster isn't the best alternative (I could make exception for friends of Osama).

There is a pretty coarse tendancy in these discussions, admittedly moreso at another 'conservative forum' than at FR. If we are in favor of individual rights we'd better be willing to allow them their day in court just as we'd expect for ourselves.