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The Peacemaker Quarterly- April 2014

Monday, February 1, 2010

12 Angry Men verdict

Sima Saadat, Chris Carrry, Nicky Zier, Nick Singer, Elizabeth Greely, James Beedotto, Carson Noble, Taylor Scavo, Danny O'Sullivan, Kelly Miller, Michael Fry, Christinna Splinter

Criminal Case: not guilty
Reasons:
1. Unreliable and contradictory witnesses
2. Evidence proven inconclusive (knife not rare)
3. No fingerprints or hard evidence (forensics etc.)
4. Prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt


Civil Case: Liable
Reasons:
1. No eyewitnesses
2. No support for the boy's alibi
3. Knife shop owner testified boy bought the knife
4. Prior aggression between father and son
5. Friends saw the knife

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