Thank you, I thought I was all alone on this thread. I guess I must be a horrible person because I do believe a person is innocent til proven guilty. There's lots of people on this thread that were on the threads right after she went missing. And they already had him tried and found guilty. I give up. I just hope none of these people are on a jury if I ever have to go on trial for something. God forbid.
You are not alone in believing the prosecution didn't prove guilt. The guilty verdict surprised me. But...it ain't over till it's over. People are even accusing Scott Peterson of other murders that happened in Calif! What a crock.
A person is guilty the moment the crime is committed.
Only in the eyes of the law are they innocent until proven guilty.
The sum of the totals.
The law is imperfect, life is imperfect. You can never know "for sure" if somebody is guilty. But the jury system - properly applied - is the best method ever devised for getting as close to the truth as our imperfect world allows.
I had my suspicions about this guy from the git-go, but I have said all along that it's for the jury to judge under proper instruction from the trial court. I didn't hear all the evidence and judge the demeanor of the witnesses (and the accused), and neither did you. The jury did, and they have made their decision.
If a harmful error was committed in the course of the trial, the appellate court should take care of it - they usually do, and they err on the side of the accused (as they should). Only time will tell if the details of the trial will pass appellate muster.
I've seen your remarks all day on this thread---THE JURY found him guilty. You weren't there in the courtroom, so how can you question/assume that they got it wrong?
I believe that is what they do--and they are the only ones that do make that decision. As far as the media is concerned, most of them are/were lawyers or judges, or detectives and I have heard at one time or another most of them say that in 99% of the time, a murder is committed by a family member. The husband of course, would be the most likely of all family members, therfore, they naturally would start talking about the husband right away unless there is another viable suspect.
Remember the Lori Hacking case in Utah? The husband has pleaded "not guilty" but he told his brothers he did it and there was a matteress of theirs that had her DNA on it.
Do you think the media is jumping to conclusions in his case? She was also pregnant.
Well, we can be alone together in this thinking! Two 'not dumb blondes'(although mine isn't natural, so I don't know if it counts!). I warned my husband that since he has a habit of buying and pouring cement around the house, can't remember exactly where he went weeks ago, and I've mentioned to people that his Cobra is the other love in his life, that if I disappear someday, he better wait months to sell everything and buy a Viper. Otherwise, he could be convicted on this 'evidence' alone!