Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:40 PM 9/6/99 -0400, Marc James Small wrote: >A jury or bench-trial verdict will be "not guilty" under the Common Law -- >meaning, "you are not found guilty". "Innocent" means you didn't do it, >and no criminal system will go that far! So, no matter how innocent they are, your argument is that they are guilty, because the judge can't call them innocent. Right? Wrong. It's pretty clear from the text that they couldn't be convicted because they were innocent, even if that finding is legally impossible. My ex, who worked for a prosecuting attorney, told me about this innocent, not guilty difference. From what I understand, they could be innocent as the day is long, and yet people can keep arguing they are bad because the legal definition of innocent isn't possible. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.