07-06-2011, 09:12 PM
As disappointed as I may be with the verdict, I agree with Stain 100% justice was served. The evidence was not there, we can't convict on personal principals, ideas, opinions, or anything but raw evidence. It's a case that will go down in infamy, similar to the OJ case, everyone wanted what wasn't there though, rock solid proof. As much as everyone wanted to see this lying piece of trash go to prison for life, would we want to see that done through a shoddy case, and injustice to the legal system? What's done is done, and no matter how much she deserved to be found guilty, if the evidence is not there, it can't go through, it's the way the system works, and it did in fact work here. It goes to what Stain said, if we wanted to just lock her up despite the outcome, why have the justice system, or for that matter the constitution at all? Due process, and a fair trial, this is as good an example of that as there is. A terrible human being, and I sincerely hope she's haunted the rest of her life by this all, but after a fair and impartial trial, there was found to be that lack of real evidence to solicit a conviction and sentence. The system works, and it works for a reason.
Put this aside for a moment and put yourself in the place of someone who was truly innocent of a heinous crime they were accused of. Which would you prefer, to be judged on your personality, failings and mistakes, the media imposed view of you as a hardened criminal, or the evidence that will exonerate you and prove your innocence? It can't be both ways, you can't want a fair trial for yourself, and then indict on opinion and what you personally feel about someone, as worthless and Sheepty a human being as they may be. That's not justice, and not what the country is founded on and stands for.
Put this aside for a moment and put yourself in the place of someone who was truly innocent of a heinous crime they were accused of. Which would you prefer, to be judged on your personality, failings and mistakes, the media imposed view of you as a hardened criminal, or the evidence that will exonerate you and prove your innocence? It can't be both ways, you can't want a fair trial for yourself, and then indict on opinion and what you personally feel about someone, as worthless and Sheepty a human being as they may be. That's not justice, and not what the country is founded on and stands for.