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Originally Posted by Kevin
Well, they shouldn't see that sort of stuff. And honestly, with the evidence the state did put on, if I'm a defense lawyer, I'm loving it. Experts on "behavior"? Smell evidence? DNA from the air? If we're going CSI-to-the-max, then it's safe to say that the state's case is very flimsy, and really, it was.
We have to use evidence to convict and sentence someone to death. We can't just do it because we feel it in our bones that she's guilty and she didn't act appropriately or whatever.
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Exactly. Because, really... if the media decided you killed someone and you didn't, and everything they put on TV made it look like maybe you did, you wouldn't want to end up in prison or put to death if you didn't do it.
I have a friend who was convicted for something really awful based on circumstantial evidence. She's in prison for 6 years, her two kids are being raised by their dad and she'll be forever ostracized. She's lost her career and her most of the things important to her in her life. She did make a mistake, but she didn't make the mistake she was convicted of and the mistake she made wasn't illegal. People jumped to a lot of conclusions and believed things that were said in court that were not true. She's one of the greatest people I know and it's beyond sad. Perhaps that experience makes me question things even more.
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