Comments | bkmichele: i see it as a win for the standard of criminal trials

bkmichele

i see it as a win for the standard of criminal trials

Jun 13, 2005 19:41

The prosecution in a criminal trial has a heavy burden. They have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. This is much greater than in a civil trial, where the plaintiff merely has to show they are correct according to a preponderance of the evidence. In a case where the mother of the complaining witness has been accused of trying to extort ( Read more... )

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bkmichele June 14 2005, 00:46:13 UTC

thank you :-)

kinetikeric June 14 2005, 00:40:37 UTC

Jackson had too much money to get convicted. Maybe in the civil trial. Like OJ. Of course OJ was a black man who only wanted to be a white man. Jacko is a black man who became a white man, so no sane jury can convict him. That's just too American and stereotypical for words.

bkmichele June 14 2005, 00:45:58 UTC

you crack me up.

maybe a not guilty by reason of mental defect?

chele June 14 2005, 20:04:35 UTC

Wasn't the official charge about the alcohol something like "serving alcohol to minors with the intent of molestation" or something along those lines? That's why he wasn't guilty of the alcohol charge-- the prosecution went all or nothing, and they got nothing.

bkmichele June 14 2005, 20:52:58 UTC

Yep, it was with the intent of soliciting molestation.

I'm amused that many members of the jury are now saying they are sure he molested someone at some point, but that they are doubtful he ever molested this particular boy.

chele June 14 2005, 23:34:51 UTC

Haha, it amuses me too. Everyone knows he's a weirdo with a thing for little boys, but this is one little boy that can't be proved.

snickermel June 24 2005, 12:49:39 UTC

Add me! I'm also in no_bs_wives and your journal seems really interesting.

Melissa

insertnamehere2 July 1 2005, 00:49:06 UTC

Hi there... You don't know me :^)

I saw a reply you made to a post in law_students and decided to add you... Hope you don't mind :^) From your profile and your website you sounded cool :^)

Feel free to add me back :^)

bkmichele July 1 2005, 00:52:12 UTC

I added you... I used to have a cast of characters in my user info until someone who was mentioned got annoyed and demanded it all be deleted!

insertnamehere2 July 1 2005, 00:57:14 UTC

lol... oops...

Yeah, I need to either redo mine or just delete it. It's quite outdated.