It looks as if he did it, but put someone away for life because of what it "looks" like? How many people get put behind bars who are innocent? Pretty many when you look at all the stories of people sitting in jail for years and then being set free on DNA evidence... I'm not sold on his guilt even though it appears he did it... prove that he did it... they did not.
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This is a monumental victory for justice. In California, "beyond a reasonable doubt" usually means that the defendant has confessed to the crime. Anything less, he goes free.
99.9% of ALL MURDERS are committed without a witness and the perpetrator NEVER CONFESSES.
Without "circumstatial evidence", we could all be DEAD MEAT for anyone who got us alone somewhere.