XPost: phl.media, pa.politics   
   From: artclemons@aolSPAM.com   
      
   hu wrote:   
      
   > I think juries are partly responsible. I read of the arrest of man in CC   
   > for date raping 9 women. This guy was on trial for 3 rapes and some jury   
   > let him go. I wonder if the jury was told about the others?  How do you   
   > let a guy go when you have three people saying the same thing?   
      
   Juries are only supposed to consider the lawful evidence presented to that   
   jury and individuals are only supposed to be convicted of crimes that the   
   individual confesses to, or those a jury finds evidence convincing beyond a   
   reasonable doubt.  That's a high standard.  Most jury trials with no   
   conviction are the result of the prosecution failing in one way or another,   
   either to not pay attention to likely innocence or failing to present   
   enough evidence.   
      
   As for three people making the same claim, I suggest you consider that   
   police often present the same individual as a suspect to victims if it's   
   stranger rape.  The strongest rape cases are where the victim knew the   
   rapist quite well and there is little chance of mis-identification,   
   fortunately that also covers most rape cases.  I can't think of one   
   innocent man later freed in cases where the victim knew the man accused.   
      
   People are supposed to be convicted of the crimes the individual in question   
   has committed, not crimes that the individual may have committed.   
      
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