feste37 wrote: > > My point is really that if the prosecutors have > failed to convince two juries that this man is > guilty, that amounts to a not guilty verdict, > since there is obviously a reasonable doubt.
The county attorneys in charge of such prosecutions aren't necessarily practiced at the job; it's not as if such cases come along regularly. Even if the state attorney general gets involved, the lawyers spend a fair amount of time and energy stumbling around, trying to figure out what they're doing. As a result, it may take three tries to get an actual verdict, as opposed to a hung jury. I say this because it took two trials to convict the guy who killed my mom in Marshalltown in the 1980's. The prosecutor with the attorney general's office was a great guy, but he dragged out the trial in such a way as to put the jury to sleep. The guy running the second trial cut the trial time by 33% and did a better job of presenting evidence, which removed confusion from the jury. I'm only commenting on the legal process. I haven't followed this case or this thread, and have no opinion about the parties involved. - Patrick Gillam To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
