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Because it doesnt matter what actually happened, but what lawyers can prove. The more you learn about the actual workings of justice systems, the more you see
by me_me_me 5y ago
Because it doesnt matter what actually happened, but what lawyers can prove.
The more you learn about the actual workings of justice systems, the more you see how unjust it. Especially wealthy vs poor people.
- Beltalowda 5y agoHow do you know what happened if it can't be proven?
- Zenst 5y agoMost legal system have a guilty or innocent verdict. However, the Scottish legal system also has a 3rd verdict of "not proven". Which I personally feel is better as with most binary decision options, if they are not guilty then they are proven innocent, even if there is that grey area of doubt that would yield a "not proven" verdict, as appears to be the case here. Hopefully, somebody with more legal knowledge will step in and enlighten a bit more.
- Beltalowda 5y agoAs I understand it, "not proven" is effectively just the same as "innocent". See e.g.: http://dukeundergraduatelawmagazine.org/2018/12/06/scotlands-three-verdict-system-a-look-into-not-proven/ http://dukeundergraduatelawmagazine.org/2018/12/06/scotlands... I have the impression it's mostly there to protect against wrongful convictions, which seems very different from the "it doesnt matter what actually happened, but what lawyers can prove" what the comment I replied to said. The EU ruling here isn't a criminal trail with a jury system anyway, so quite different in any case.
- me_me_me 5y agoIllegal search for example, you will know what happened but evidence is inadmissible. So even though you know what happened you can't technically prove it as your proof cannot be taken into account.