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Originally Posted by theking
...Having followed the case and trial I am of the opinion that the Prosecution simply did not prove premeditated murder nor did they prove felony murder...but I fully expected the jury to find her guilty of manslaughter...but she walks. A jury is completely unpredictable even though the talking heads try to predict what a jury is going to do.
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First off in most cases the jury is not given the option of a lesser sentence. The prosecutor usually goes for all or nothing. So no the jury is not unpredictable they did their job exactly as they were supposed to. Unfortunately 95% of the idiots out there think otherwise. Go to Yahoo and read the comments on this verdict. 95% think somehow the justice system is screwed. They have ZERO knowledge of the US Constitution. In America we do NOT convict on "PROBABLY did it". Occasionally that means the guilty go free. If that means a innocent person is kept out of prison then so be it.