2011/1/19 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > > Keep in mind a conviction is not necessarily the final disposition of such a > case. > > Often when the accused is convicted at the lowest level of the court where > the charges are first heard, he/she has to appeal the conviction and it is > over-turned in a higher level court.
well aware of that but my perception is that in a jury court - imo a flawed system - your wallet determines your odds. are appeals also heard by a jury? And that someone who goes to jail for photographing J. Random Flatfoot and who may suffer some degree of damage in there while waiting for their appeal to be heard probably would have rather not suffered that damage to begin with >> no idea. as you know over 100% of the information on the internet is >> true. Out of the 280% there is... > > You do know, don't you, that 63% of all statistics quoted on the internet > are made up on the spot? ok if I turn your statement on itself there is a 37% chance that it is accurate meaning there is a 13.69% chance that my statement is accurate meaning for any given bit of information on the internet the chance of accuracy is 4.889% - sounds about right I'd say - what do you think? cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

