Re: James McManus comments re: Tabish/Murphy acquittals
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It just goes to show that "justice" is based on who has the best lawyers money can buy. I hope the Binion's do some old time frontier justice on Murphy's ass.
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No matter how expensive your lawyers are, it takes 12 reasonable, average people to convict. If the state can't prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt to twelve reasonable people, then they deserve to lose the case and the defendants deserve to go free - that's the way it is, and as far as I'm concerned it's the way it should be. I'm quite sure you'd want the same criterion applied to yourself if you happened to be accused of a crime.
Sure, Tabish and Murphy probably did it - that's not the point. The point is that the state has to prove this beyond a reasonable doubt. Think of how many crimes you would be convicted of if the sole burden of proof on the prosecution was simply that you "more than likely did it."
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