View Single Post
Old 07-09-2007, 15:58   #893
Chris
Trollsplatter
 
Chris's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North of Watford
Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests
Posts: 38,259
Chris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden aura
Chris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden aura
Re: Toddler 'abducted' during holiday

Quote:
Originally Posted by slug View Post
If I were playing poker and I never won a hand, I would at some point say that the game was fixed, before I could prove it.
If you were a detective, that would be reasonable grounds for suspicion, and therefore a line of enquiry. But you were talking about jury service, not being a detective. Suspicions and probabilities have no place in the jury room in a criminal trial, where the threshold for conviction is 'beyond reasonable doubt'.

You can't have it both ways. Would you like to judge your fellow posters against the job description of a detective or a juror?
Chris is offline   Reply With Quote