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If proof was a binary thing, then you wouldn't need prosecutor and defense either. you could just have some clerk examine the evidence and establish guilt.
by goto11 4y ago
If proof was a binary thing, then you wouldn't need prosecutor and defense either. you could just have some clerk examine the evidence and establish guilt.
- gambiting 4y agoOf course, but saying "we saw her driving around the area of the crime, and she bought gun parts months before(and has a good explanation as to why)" is not proof - at least in my opinion it doesn't meet the "beyond any reasonable doubt" requirement for conviction by the American justice system. If the experts could establish that the bullet that killed her husband was fired from said gun then sure, that's proof. Asking the jury to basically "guess" is not justice - it's more like rolling a dice.
- goto11 4y agoThe jury has to decide whether the evidence available constitute proof beyond reasonable doubt. Someone has to make that decision, just like you are doing in your comment.