[alnick]

Doesn't make him innocent. It creates reasonable doubt, however, IMO.

Gee, I'll bet the pedophiles will be happy to hear that children of swinger parents are legally fair game because they come equipped with reasonable doubt.

[twigs]

It't not even because they're swingers that makes them fair game. It's the fact that because of their lifestyle, other people were in and out of their house THE NIGHT Danielle disappeared. And there were unidentified handprints. I don't think DW is any paragon of virtue--in fact, it has looked to me like his life has been spiraling out of control for some time. While I don't like the Van Dam's lifestyle, I wouldn't think it worthy of note in this trial but for the FACT that it created traffic throughout their house. It's not the lifestyle; it's the unexplained people. I'm not at all certain that DW is innocent, but these people with access to the house the night Danielle went missing creates reasonable doubt to me.

[southern rock]

Gee, I'll bet the pedophiles will be happy to hear that children of swinger parents are legally fair game because they come equipped with reasonable doubt.

I'll bet they are too. Something to think about, all you "swinging" parents out there.

[Irene Adler]

"Gee, I'll bet the pedophiles will be happy to hear that children of swinger parents are legally fair game because they come equipped with reasonable doubt."

Exactly. Making an automatic assumption of reasonable doubt just because of the lifestyle of family members of a crime victim is not simply not warranted. It denies the victim justice from the word go without even considering the evidence in the case.