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[amydmartin]

To everyone, thank you for your thoughts, prayers, posts and support. A lot of people are asking questions, so I thought I would generally answer here.

First, no there is no appeal or anything else that can be done. That would constitute double jeopardy. I still agree with this principle. The state should not be allowed to drag a person through a

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[mikstyle]

Very sad! As you clearly know our legal system is set up to err on the side of limiting false positives (i.e., convicting the innocent), which by definition results in a higher rate of false negatives (i.e., not convicting the guilty). The point is that when the case is ambiguous, the accused should walk. But it sounds like there wasn't too much ambiguity here

[ericlarson]

Well, shit.

I'm assuming that the judge declaring a mistrial due to the PD's misconduct would constitute double jeopardy? What about a civil suit, ala OJ?

[hypnobarb1]

You and your family must be absolutely wrung out. There is nothing any of us out here can do other than offer support and prayers. And offers of bottles of booze.

If this is the quality of prosecution that your family gets when Dad's a retired judge and two of the daughters are lawyers, what does the average citizen get? This is a huge failure on the part of the prosecution. They deserve to have their performance review in public. And the feedback that goes with it.

[dickgloucester]

Oh, Amy. What a failure of the justice system. I'm sorry.

*hugs*

[madamsnape]

{{hugs}}