https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Casey-Anthony-The-System-Worked/m-p/94093#M47171 <P> </P> <P>"A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. That's because only one person is on trial in a criminal case, and if that one person is acquitted, then by definition there can be no justice for the victim in that trial.</P> <P>A criminal trial is neither a whodunit nor a multiple choice test. It is not even a criminal investigation to determine who among various possible suspects might be responsible for a terrible tragedy. In a murder trial, the state, with all of its power, accuses an individual of being the perpetrator of a dastardly act against a victim. The state must prove that accusation by admissible evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt.</P> <P>Even if it is "likely" or "probable" that a defendant committed the murder, he must be acquitted, because neither likely nor probable satisfies the daunting standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Accordingly, a legally proper result—acquittal in such a case—may not be the same as a morally just result. In such a case, justice has not been done to the victim, but the law has prevailed."</P> <P><A href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576429783247016492.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576429783247016492.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</A></P> <P> </P> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:33:13 GMT claudia___anne 2011-07-07T00:33:13Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Casey-Anthony-The-System-Worked/m-p/94093#M47171 <P> </P> <P>"A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. That's because only one person is on trial in a criminal case, and if that one person is acquitted, then by definition there can be no justice for the victim in that trial.</P> <P>A criminal trial is neither a whodunit nor a multiple choice test. It is not even a criminal investigation to determine who among various possible suspects might be responsible for a terrible tragedy. In a murder trial, the state, with all of its power, accuses an individual of being the perpetrator of a dastardly act against a victim. The state must prove that accusation by admissible evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt.</P> <P>Even if it is "likely" or "probable" that a defendant committed the murder, he must be acquitted, because neither likely nor probable satisfies the daunting standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Accordingly, a legally proper result—acquittal in such a case—may not be the same as a morally just result. In such a case, justice has not been done to the victim, but the law has prevailed."</P> <P><A href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576429783247016492.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576429783247016492.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</A></P> <P> </P> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:33:13 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Casey-Anthony-The-System-Worked/m-p/94093#M47171 claudia___anne 2011-07-07T00:33:13Z