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"They were acquitted of all charges! Hence, they aren't guilty"


To be all picky and technical about it, this isn't accurate. An acquittal in a criminal trial is not in all circumstances a final factual determination, and the old double jeopardy rule (which still exists in very large part) was never predicated on this idea. There are lots of good reasons for maintaining a pretty firm line on double jeopardy (incentivising proper investigations being just one of them) but when scientific advances lead to new evidence being available the system is undermined by not taking that into account. There have actually been a number of cases where cold case reviews with new forensic techniques have led to suspects who were identified at the time of the crime being tried many years later.

hellosailor

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> Claudia Drezner Wrote:

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> > They were acquitted of all charges! Hence, they

> > aren't guilty.



Presumably following that logic means 'she' also thinks that no-one innocent has ever been sent to prison...they were found guilty, right? ....right? dur.

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