Posted on September 2 at 8:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Delavan...How soon that you forget that a Walworth County jury convicted Mark Jensen of murdering his wife. If you had sat on the jury and had to listen to just the evidence that is given in court and not in the media, you may or may not have come to the same conclusion. There was a fresh crime scene to investigate and gather evidence.
With this case, there was no fresh crime scene and limited evidence to collect. The system we have is not fool proof, but it is the best in the world. With a jury there are 12 perspectives that look at the evidence and then come to a conclusion. In our system of justice even a defendant that may have convicted has the right to appeals if they feel they were wrongly convicted, yes it takes money, but there are still avenues. There would have been people that feel that if the DA had not brought this case to court with the evidence, they would have blamed him for not trying.
On Jury finds Burlington man not guilty on wife's 1997 homicide
Posted on September 1 at 11:26 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
You may or may not return the same verdict as the jury did. I have not read the final jury vote, but a guilty verdict in a murder trial must be unanimous. I have served on a murder trial that convicted the defendant and everyone on that jury thought long and hard before returning the verdict. Remember people, It is on ONLY the evidence that is presented in the court that is to be used to convict or acquit the defendant, not what is in the media.
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On Brossard found not guilty
Posted on September 2 at 5:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
So did I Delavan