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Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Tue, 18 May 1999 14:55:31 GMT
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<snip snip>

2)  Were you a juror for the O.J. travesty, uh sorry, trial?

No.

But since you asked... OJ got the right verdict, both times. IM(1)HO.

?? [1]

The police bungled his case, and he was correctly acquitted. Better that
a hundred guilty walk free than that 1 innocent be unjustly punished.

The civil case correctly nailed him. Criminal acquittal is no defence in
a civil trial, which only requires a preponderance of evidence, not
freedom from reasonable doubt. There's no doubt in my mind that there
was a preponderance of evidence there although there was a reasonable
doubt.

1 - (not at all)

[1] didn't you mean to put the footnote *after* "H"? ;-)

-John



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  Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
 
(...) perform proper subexpression substitution (1) and you get IMNAAHO which after variable substitution(1) results in In My Not At All Humble Opinion. So no. it was in the right place. Anyone here think of me as humble? Didn't think so. (1) (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
 
(...) Agreed. But it takes "beyond a reasonable doubt" not "certain", We had very reasonable doubts based on what we were presented. But I'm pretty sure this particular perp was guilty, or that the DA was lying to us about the circumstances. There (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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