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To: LouAvul

"cumulative weight of all the circumstantial factors"

I guess I missed this part of the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' instruction.

Lots of people are guilty of lots of crimes under this standard of evidence.

We could burn witches based on this standard.


3 posted on 11/12/2004 5:01:16 PM PST by PeterFinn ("Tolerance" means WE have to tolerate THEM, they can hate us all they want.)
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To: PeterFinn

There was not a reasonable doubt left.


4 posted on 11/12/2004 5:05:43 PM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
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