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  1. The DA
    Are we sure that the jury thought all of the women were lying? Is it not possible that they believed the evidence of at least some of the women but then decided that no crimes had been committed?
  2. The DA
    Not as of 15 minutes ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52011915
  3. The DA
    That had nothing to do with coronavirus mate. They just want YOU to stay at home.
  4. The DA
    Ashley's tanks heading home again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52011915
  5. The DA
    Fair shout. I'll add a w**k to the to-do list.
  6. The DA
    I'd love to go and do something productive with my day but every time I try, this thread grows by a dozen pages. Can everybody stop posting for a couple of hours?
  7. The DA
    7 for Tuesday.
  8. The DA
    There'll be folk phoning 111 and asking how you cook an applepine.
  9. The DA
    Do Morrison's not have a 'maximum 3 items' rule in place?
  10. The DA
    Agreed. The judge is supposed to instruct the jury on when a 'not proven' verdict would be appropriate. But the study at https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-jury-research-fingings-large-mock-jury-study-2/pages/8/ suggests that the public doesn't understand the verdict very well and often uses it as a cop-out. Hence 'not guilty but don't do it again'.
  11. The DA
    I didn't invent the 'not proven' verdict. If it meant the same as 'not guilty', it wouldn't need to exist.
  12. The DA
    Effectively. The following puts it quite well https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/1992/has-a-verdict-of-not-proven-ever-had-a-different-effect-to-one-of-not-guilty
  13. The DA
    Socially. Reputation. Future prospects.
  14. The DA
    To a politician?
  15. The DA
    It's a fucking legal joke.
  16. The DA
    'Not proven' has a stigma attached.
  17. The DA
    But one of the charges was found to be 'not proven' rather than 'not guilty'.
  18. The DA
    Totally agree from the second paragraph onward. Impact-wise, 'not guilty' and 'not proven' are the same but the latter has always been taken to mean 'we think you did it but the prosecution didn't prove their case' or 'not guilty and don't do it again'.
  19. The DA
    Your post said the charges 'weren't proven either way'. Since 'not proven' has a very specific meaning in Scots Law, I merely clarified that only one of the charges was 'not proven'. He was found 'not guilty' of the others.
  20. The DA
    Maybe not just your hands. Back seat of your car?
  21. The DA
    Oh, I do hope not.
  22. The DA
    He was found not guilty on all counts other than on an attempted rape where the case was 'not proven'.
  23. The DA
    Attempted rape.
  24. The DA
    Wasn't the reason for all the more 'trivial' accusations because they weren't sure the more serious ones would stand up on their own?
  25. The DA
    To be fair, neither is an oil-painting.
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