from the link:
For three days they reviewed the evidence, and counted the votes again and again. Finally, they had agreement.
Jay Darling and Wanda’s family steeled themselves for the verdict.
JUDGE: We the jury, duly empanelled and sworn to try the above-entitled cause do find the defendant Jay R Darling not guilty of the crime of first-degree murder as charged.
There were gasps in the courtroom. Not guilty.
Sad ending.
Jay Darling never collected a dime on any of those insurance policies. As for Lary Kuhns, he’s no longer a state trooper — he’s now an investigator with the Homer, Alaska police department.
It shouldn’t be an I believe in a trial, it should be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
This was on ID yesterday, and one of the jurors said the same thing. She knew he did it, but it wasn’t “proven” to the standards required by the law.
I never agreed with the saying “I would rather see 10 guilty men go free than have one innocent man convicted”.
The reason being that once you try someone for a crime and they are found not guilty there is no remedy to retry that person for the same crime. On the other hand, if an innocent person is found guilty there is a remedy to right the wrong.
This man is clearly guilty. His plan to murder her the day before failed, so he killed her the next day. It is obvious as plain as day.