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Originally Posted by oilfieldscum
I thinck legally she was found "not guilty". Doesn't have anything to do with innocence just means your not guilty.
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No, "legally" she was innocent. It is called the "presumption of innocence" and there is about a 99.99% chance that the Judge in Florida so instructed the Jury on that legal presumption. As a consequence, she is
still innocent of the murder and aggravated child abuse, because the State of Florida failed to overcome the presumption with sufficient evidence for a finding of "guilty"!
As I said: The jury doesn't make a finding of "innocent" because she is.
Edit/Supplement:
I have up graded my 99.99% to 100%
Quote from actual jury instructions as posted:
"PLEA OF NOT GUILTY; REASONABLE DOUBT; AND BURDEN OF PROOF
"The defendant has entered a plea of not guilty. This means you must presume or believe the defendant is innocent. The presumption stays with the defendant as to each material allegation in the indictment through each stage of the trial unless it has been overcome by the evidence to the exclusion of and beyond a reasonable doubt.
"To overcome the defendant's presumption of innocence, the State has the burden of proving the crime with which the defendant is charged was committed and the defendant is the person who committed the crime."
http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2011/...anthony-trial/
I recognize that the "official" document is tucked away at the Courthouse, but given the detail and information contained in the posted document I give it a 100% as to accuracy on that particular point regarding the instruction, which is "universal" in this country, if not to the letter to the general wording regarding the presumption of innocence.