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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
And I would argue that destroying a surveillance system, in and of itself, is evidence of nothing. I could walk upstairs and tear out my ADT Pulse system and it wouldn't prove that I committed a crime.
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Evidence of nothing? Well that's just wrong. Is it compelling evidence on its own? Of course not, but a brick does not have to be a wall. A man physically demolishing a sophisticated security system in his own home raises alarm bells in my world. I wouldn't convict on it, but it's still evidence.
I just get frustrated by the fact that the average juror in criminal matters
refuses to stack the bricks. They want one goddamn piece of drywall the size of bus. You can give them 1,000 damn bricks and they'll leave them sitting in piles on the ground, each time saying "well that isn't evidence" because it won't convict on it's own.
Yes. Destroying your security system
is evidence. Demolishing your cell phone
is evidence. Hiring a new cleaning crew the monday after the murder
is evidence. Bodies being found near vehicles rented in your name
is evidence. All of these are decent little bricks and it takes common ****ing sense to act as mortar.
And all too often, people completely refuse to exercise it. As a consequence, people like Casey Anthony get to murder their children and walk away.
My complete lack of confidence in juries to convict anymore is why I'll never step anywhere near a criminal courtroom. Juries have forgotten that they act as both gatekeepers for the authorities but
also as people responsible for dispensing justice those that have been wronged.
All because Gus Grissom finds blood and semen in every crime scene he's in and because we've become a society that adheres to a victim's mentality.