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That looks like a serious flaw in the system. Jeffrey committing the murder doesn't follow from 1) 2) and 3) Regarding 4) its still hazy as every one's recove
by kamaal 8y ago
That looks like a serious flaw in the system.
Jeffrey committing the murder doesn't follow from 1) 2) and 3)
Regarding 4) its still hazy as every one's recovery time could be different. Granted it won't be 100 days or something like that, but four days is still touch and go.
Law et al aside. How do Judges rule in this case? There is huge chance of getting this wrong, and how do you live with this thing on our conscious that you would have sent an innocent man to the gallows?
- harryh 8y agoWe don't send anyone to the gallows anymore. And there isn't capital punishment of any kind for 2nd degree murder.
- rayiner 8y agoEvidence doesn’t need to inexorably lead to the conclusion of guilt. The evidence taken together must establish probability of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Having motive to kill someone doesn’t prove you did it. But statistically, those with motive are much more likely to be the killer than a random person. That narrows the probability. Likewise, lying about where you were at the time of the murder (which is what #4 is about) doesn’t prove you committed it, but makes it more likely. Those compund—each additional fact narrows the probability that the accused is not guilty. If you take a random sampling of 100 situations where there exists facts similar to this case, I think you’d find that 95%+ of the time the accused really did commit the murder. That’s all that’s required.
- crescentfresh 8y agoRe #4, didn't she also say she left her door unlocked when she went to work that morning and when she came home it was locked, and that Jeff was the only person who locks her door when he's finished his work for her?
- kamaal 8y ago>>If you take a random sampling of 100 situations where there exists facts similar to this case, I think you’d find that 95%+ of the time the accused really did commit the murder. That's 5 innocent people sentenced per hundred people to death/prison for a crime they didn't commit. That is a lot. In many cases for the innocent, the trial itself is a big punishment.
- gowld 8y agoRecovery from what? He claimed to be planting flowers during the murder, but the teacher testified that we was planting flowers 4 days before the murder.