There are so many folks who cannot separate the *process* from the people
involved in the process. People should be embarrassed at their ignorance.
You're absolutely correct in your statements, dragonlady. Too bad people are
too busy flying off the handle with their assumptions to understand what
you're saying.


"dragonlady" wrote in message
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In article 3188753.HxucGmHcQs@FreeBSD, Tommy
wrote:

dragonlady wrote:

In article 1755013.TBkpeNEYPk@FreeBSD, Tommy
wrote:

dragonlady wrote:

In article . net,
greccogirl wrote:

How very sad. Those poor kids. The justice system in this
country is
really screwed up. Even as the verdicts were being read some of
the
jurors were crying. I hope they can live with themselves.

I wasn't in the courtroom -- and neither were you.

If there wasn't enough evidence to convict him, then there wasn't
enough evidence.

There's always the possibility that he's innocent of the charges --
though you have, apparently, decided you know the Real Truth.

And even if he really is guilty of the charges -- well, the
standard in
this country is still "innocent until PROVEN guilty" -- and,
apparently,
the state was unable to meet that burden. The jurors have nothing
to
be ashamed of for doing their job, instead of following the feeding
frenzy.

I guess you think O.J. Simpson was Innocent.

I don't know -- but I DO know that the police screwed up badly, and
left
the state unable to prove that he was guilty.

Remember: the verdict is NOT "innocent" -- the verdict is "not
guilty",
meaning that guilt could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

That means people who have done the crime sometimes go free -- but I
still prefer a standard that means the state has to PROVE guilt,
instead
of just be "pretty sure".

Look it.......... If you had a 40 year old neighbor who brought young
boys
into his house and they would spend the night - would you call the cops?
Uh, hey this isn't normal, grown men don't sleep with little boys - or
none
that I know.

DragonLady, I don't know if you have kids or not - if you do have kids,
would you let them stay with Jackson?



I do, and I wouldn't.

So what?

We have kids spend the night in our house that we aren't related to, and
did before we had kids. I like kids.

There is, apparently, no proof that Jackson did what he is accused of
having done. That doesn't mean he didn't -- it does mean that the state
failed to meet the burden of proof required for a guilty verdict.

And there is no way to know, for sure, if he did or didn't.
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care