I've just gotta weigh in on my thoughts about the American Justice System. First off, I;m kinda on the fence about death penalties. Of course there are exceptions.IE mass bombings etc. As already pointed out, there really is no such thing as 100% evidence. Then again the law, as read, says " beyond all REASONABLE doubt " not ALL doubt. Our ( the U.S. ) courts have changed from the 1950's when people tried and convicted in months instead of years. And yes this is progress, of a sort. But it seems to me that in the last 10 - 20 years we may have swung to the other extreme. The whole jury trial system is now pretty much a dog and pony show, run by lawyers and judges. It doesn't seem to be about getting at the actual truth anymore. The OJ trial is a prime example. There was plenty of evidence to convict but between the defense lawyers' antics and the barring of key evidence , he got off.
We are now actually looking at a possibility of being 2 YEARS before this trial even begins! To me, this is unacceptable, Who on here would like to explain to the Zhaang family why it may be 2 years before this even hits trial??
Let's play a hypothetical game here. Let's say the trial starts and the prosecution has the video of YY getting in his car ( never to be seen again ) Hours of tapes of BC admitting what he did. And blood samples of YY in his apt. OK, would that be enough for YOU to convict him? It would be for me. Now we go a step further, let's say the defense gets the tapes dismissed as evidence. Still guilty? OK, one more step, say somehow they get the blood dismissed ( illegal search. yada yada ) Now what? What we have then is a murderer who is let go because of our so called "rules" of evidence. Who on here would like to be the one to explain THAT to the Zhaang family? 'in summation, IMO these "rules" were written by judges and lawyers FOR judges and lawyers. Longer trials , bull$$it rules = more money and TV exposure for the clowns running the show.
I'll never forget this..." If the glove don't fit, you must aquit. " AARRGGHHH