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Originally Posted by Baron1710
We are a country of laws and we do our best to hold the government to those laws as well as the citizens. You may "know" someone is guilty but if you can't prove it with admissible evidence the law says he walks. Where do you think our Evidence tradition comes from? It comes from the OT.
In the OT law you could have an eye witness to the murder and guess what he walks on a technicality.
"At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death."
"This is a court of law young man, not a court of justice." Oliver Wendell Holmes
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And while it is unfortunate when a guilty party walks away, it is
a very good thing when an innocent party is not convicted of a crime he didn't commit.