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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
But flight can be introduced as evidence of guilt. The law does adopt the idea that 'innocent people don't act this way' and have essentially codified it into the rules of evidence.
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Has he run from law enforcement? Are you the same guy that earlier said he or anyone else would be foolish to cooperate with the police?
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
And yes, the justice system only works if people use their brains and adopt an acceptable definition of 'reasonable' doubt. Oftentimes that does require the use of inference and supposition.
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Unfortunately, our citizens often can't understand process. I can't even begin to tell you my experiences in jury duty over the years (as well as serving on a jury) which have completely taken me by surprise due to the incompetence and sub-90 IQ levels of the other jurors.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
If a prosecutor stood before and presented compelling evidence of what ABC News and others have reported, surely you'd be willing to convict on Obstruction and potentially as an accessory (after the fact, if nothing else). And no, we haven't had a prosecutor do such a thing, but I feel like there are enough independent sources leaking this information that we can certainly start to speculate on what it means.
If someone put a gun to my head right now and said "if you're wrong, you die", I'd say that Aaron Hernandez is absolutely an accomplice to murder and guilty of obstruction of justice. The End.
I don't see anything wrong with making those statements on a chat board, Twitter or facebook.
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That's fine and that's your right. I never said that someone should be allowed to form an opinion based on the leaks. But to infer that the entire legal process should be skipped in favor of locking him up or executing him, is wrong and outright sick, IMO.