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To: cynicalman
Having served on a 1st degree murder jury, I can see a "not guilty".
19 posted on 08/21/2002 10:14:28 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy
Having served on a 1st degree murder jury, I can see a "not guilty".

Wow. That must be quite a story. Mind if I ask?

26 posted on 08/21/2002 10:17:20 AM PDT by general_re
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To: AppyPappy
I hope you're right. I'm still not convinced of Westerfield's innocence, but the prosecution did not prove its case. When I sat on a jury in a criminal trial, we all believed that the verdict could have gone either way. 50/50. We didn't know. But two things convinced us to render a "not guilty" verdict. We had reasonable doubt and the morals of the mother in the case led us to believe that she could be lying. The man was no champ, but the presumption of innocence was on his side.
54 posted on 08/21/2002 10:28:45 AM PDT by twigs
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To: AppyPappy
So, you were an OJ juror!
78 posted on 08/21/2002 10:33:44 AM PDT by OldFriend
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