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Scotland has three verdicts for trails: * Guilty * Not Guilty * Not Proven - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_prove
by stevekemp 4y ago
Scotland has three verdicts for trails:
* Guilty
* Not Guilty
* Not Proven - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven
The latter lets you off, but has the connotation the defendant probably did it, but it couldn't be quite proven.
I like that system, but it seems there is a legal review going on at the moment which might abolish it.