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Originally Posted by LMC All the evidence pointed to Sion Jenkins, so if he's been let off not just once, but 3 times, I'm not so sure he's guilty. But as TT also said, we weren't in court, so it's impossible to say. I'm just glad I wasn't on any of those juries. |
I remember the comments after the Guildford Four were released - very similar, along the lines of "Well, they're not necessarily
innocent, just haven't been proven guilty." As if those were two different things.
The conversation then leads to the famous "Not proven" verdicts in Scottish trials - but to me, that's just saying "Oh, he probably did do it, but we couldn't prove it. Yet." which strikes me as unfair to all concerned, and gives the media license to smear someone's reputation at will.
I completely agree with TT - second-guessing a jury's decision based on media reports is massively dangerous - we weren't there, we don't know everything they know, and I think that in general we have to trust the jury system to do the right job.
Oh, and sacking the Chief Constable of Sussex police force for wasting
£10 million quid of our money wouldn't go amiss.