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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RJC2006 who wrote (17191)	12/4/1998 1:27:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Sure, Bob. Would you like to apply your self-evident legal knowledge to the ever popular matter of Clinton's alleged perjury? Newspapers traditionally were always careful about the "alleged" part in print, but that seems to be a quaint bygone tradition.

To: RJC2006 who wrote (17191)	12/4/1998 1:34:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

LOL you're making it up as you go. Juries are regularly instructed not to bring back a verdict of guilty unless it is based on the evidence presented. Evidence is regularly blocked by the court as inadmissable. The judge can instruct jurors to disregard something that gets presented. Prosecuters often just can't put their hands on the evidence they need to convict because they can't find it or it is destroyed, or it doesn't exist (like an eye witness or confession). The idea is to go on the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven. Not proven innocence until proven guilty. So if YOU want to presume somebody is innocent, go ahead. That doesn't prove anything. <<you might try hitting the law books>> mmm...I don't think I'd have to read past the preface in intro to law 101 for remedial readers. If you want to go around saying every time guilt can't be established in court the person is proven innocent, go ahead. Don't talk to any one representing the legal system about this without your Ronald McDonald outfit on though, or they wont get it.