Wudge
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thus eliminating any chance of this being an accident.
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the burden of proof is going to be shifted to you.
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If a body is never found, do you think the ME can't say a death occurred and that it was murder? Seems to me this happens all the time, so why do you think CASEY IS SO SPECIAL hmmmm
Valid syllogistic deduction can generate proof perfect conclusions. However, that's not possible in this case, because the reliability of the premises are not sufficient (not 100%) to reach such a conclusion -- the reliability of the conclusion cannot exceed the reliability of the premises. So it's impossible to "eliminate any chance of this being an accident".
As regarding shifting the burden of proof to the defense, that would be unconstitutional (re: big problem).
The M.E. could not determine the cause of death, yet they concluded the manner of death to be "homicide" and there is certainly nothing dispositive of murder. Hence, they will be asked to explain (beaten around their head on cross) why the manner of death was listed as "homicide" instead of "undetermined". Moreover, the M.E. will also be asked for the reliability behind their assessment of "homicide" and how they empirically derived that guage -- anticipate that a bad case of babble will follow.