Many Americans are outraged. The way I see it, the Anthony case and the OJ Simpson Trial are indictments of the prosecutors in America as opposed to the whole system. American prosecutors have, for the last 100 years, had all the help that robed judges and corrupt governments could give them. They have sensationalized and forgotten the law. This is why defense attorneys have succeeded in recent years. The American judicial system is the single toughest standard in the world. It's the greatest system in the world for the individual and protects against an oppressive government. It's also reliant on DIRECT evidence for convictions (or it SHOULD be) and these jurors showed that even when everyone knows what SHOULD be, the only thing that matters is what IS...in this case, the reality IS that no one proved anything and therefore they could not convict. The jury is not and cannot be asked to pontificate about what could, should or might have happened. They have to follow the evidence where it leads and SOMETIMES that leads to a place where we would disagree. Think of the British troops involved in the Boston Massacre. The public opinion was all torches and pitchforks against them but John Adams defended them...the jury aquitted them and all because the evidence did not confirm what the public thought.
This is a TRAGIC situation, no doubt about that. Denzel said it best in Training Day: "It's not what you know, it's what you can prove." The prosecution couldn't prove anything, it sucks, but it's the truth and if we go around screwing the people we don't like because we don't like them or ignoring the law because it didn't work out the way we wanted it to, it makes us no better than those who we stand against who would use the power of government to snuff out the fires of liberty.troops involved in the Boston Massacre. The public opinion was all torches and pitchforks against them but John Adams defended them despite his own personal prejudice. The jury acquitted them and all because the evidence did not confirm what the public thought. The prosecution couldn't prove anything, it sucks, but it's the truth and if we go around screwing the people we don't like because we don't like them or ignoring the law because it didn't work out the way we wanted it to, it makes us no better than those who we stand against who would use the power of government to snuff out the fires of liberty. What we need today are prosecutors who don’t rely on sympathetic juries, sensational media campaigns or helpful judges. We need prosecutors who know the law, know how to gather and present evidence and know how to make the bad guys talk. What we have are a bunch of media monkeys playing games with victims.
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