[FONT="]Ramsey's attorney Lin Wood noted his client has never been charged and was cleared by a grand jury, and won prior defamation [/FONT][FONT="]lawsuits[/FONT][FONT="] against tabloids that accused Burke of killing his sister.
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Gigitmdy,
Somebody should ask LW if BR could have been charged with anything all those years ago?
LW is just playing on words. Not charged does not mean innocent, just as cleared does not mean not guilty.
Why: only courts decide these issues. If I recall properly neither Patsy or John Ramsey were ever charged, they were also cleared, so the case must be IDI?
I live in the UK, so can anyone explain how a Grand Jury can clear anyone?
Also why would a child need to be cleared? BR was beneath the age of criminal responsibility when JonBenet was killed!
LW is just playing legal poker, citing ambiguous words that have no real legal definition..
From memory Lacy
exonerated the parents. Said the case was IDI and apologized to the R's for hounding them.
Except that
exoneration is really a religious term referring to a wiping away of sin, etc.
So watch out for LW using the
exoneration word and check the context, i.e. the parents, whole family or BR?
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