Thank you for this well written argument. Many of my Facebook "friends" are screaming and ranting about this, and I keep telling them to wait and look for a cogent, long-form, and non-sensational analysis of the trial and the evidence before coming to any conclusion.
Amazing how much they want to blame the jury and how many confuse justice and revenge. -- David Risner Software Engineer MERLOT, California State University On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:17 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I caught an alert on CNN.com that the verdict was about to come in, so > turned on the TV to watch it. I have not followed this case closely, but > closely enough to expect a guilty verdict from such a short deliberation. > Based on what I know I am pleased with the verdict, as every time a > defendant that most of the public thinks is probably guilty is found not > guilty due to a failure of the state to meets its burden of proof, our > system of justice is strengthened (we don't rule by mob law). The "smell > evidence" bordered on, if not crossed over into, junk science, and the sense > that she murdered her baby rested mostly on the perception that she was a > lying, self-indulgent, narcissistic woman-child. We may not like her, we may > suspect she intentionally killed her child, but we need to meet a higher > standard than that to deprive her of liberty and life. > > As important for me was the comments of her lawyers in the post-verdict > press conference, tearing the TV legal commentators a new asshole for their > ignorant and self-aggrandizing commentary. On CNN Jeffrey Toobin made a > point of noting (seemingly against the wishes of whoever was anchoring their > coverage) that they were talking specifically about Nancy Grace, (who > apparently but not surprisingly single-handedly turned this case into a > circus). > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
