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To: Sabertooth
Judge Mertel made the right decision. This is just one of millions of examples when defense attorneys try to cloud the jury's mind with "reasonable doubt" so a couple of perps can walk. In this case, they want to take the spotlight off two defendents accused of extremely heinous murders by blaming it on some secret conspiracy by al-Fuqra.
4 posted on 11/21/2003 10:41:40 AM PST by ppaul
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To: ppaul
Your position is nothing else but an unconditional support to police and government abuses. You already decided these 2 guys are guilty without even waiting for the trial to finish. Someone is not guilty, even of heinous crimes, for the only reason he might be accused.

If I was to take your words for granted, I would think there is no need for trials. Just believe the police and prosecution, all the time. And save time and energy, don`t wait and just hang any accused individual because there is no need to prove their guilt.

And, all this without saying that judge Mertel, by his ruling, prevents the jurors to decide by themselves if a piece of evidence is credible or not.

Finally, I suggest you to look at little more closely and pay attention to the police methods over that case. But maybe you think it is acceptable and normal that police officers get confessions after posing as crime lords and threatening someone to kill him and his relatives if he doesn't confess having committed a crime.
13 posted on 11/28/2003 11:16:25 PM PST by LaPierre
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