[ImpBill]

I'm with Dennis. She didn't call the police for the first 30 days? Buzz the buzzer, throw the Red Flag, ... convict her of something, more than lying to the police once she did call.

That said, her lawyers convinced 12 jurors to acquit. Perhaps this says more about them than it does about our legal system!

[cumbo78]

This IS the best legal SYSTEM in the world. The plain fact is that the prosecution presented a case with no real physical evidence and no witnesses. Jurors are not supposed to find someone guilty based on emotion or on how they “feel”. I think the jury did exactly what they were supposed to do. Perhaps this will discourage prosecutors from caving to public pressure and rushing cases, although I highly doubt it.

[old curmudgeon]

The essential point is that regardless of guilt, the court must convict a person by strict adherence to the law.

Otherwise, we would have cops simply walking up to the first suspect, pointing their finger at him and pronouncing “We know you did it”.

Then put him away for life, hang him or whatever.

Our system was developed for the purpose of keeping that very thing from happening.

It matters not that you “know” that she killed the baby. You must prove it in a way that is indisputable.

The prosecution fialed to do that.