| Quote: Originally Posted by AmunRaTRON the ignorance to our justice system displayed here is amazing. is r.kelly a pedo? yes he is, (see wikipedia on Aaliyah and r.kelly) however that being said, out justice system revolves around mainly one thing: evidence. time and time again do hear people slam the justice system, and as the son of a court reporter who has spent countless hours going over court depositions, and transcripts from hearings, i will say this: it doesn't matter if we all know he did it. if there is not sufficient evidence to convince a jury of twelve of render a verdict of guilty, then they must find him not guilty or state a declaration of mistrial. the evidence simply wasn't there. After more than five years going with this trail they couldn't find the evidence they needed to convict him. Its that simple. now i know its saddening to see someone who is very obviously guilty, but i would like to remind all schmoes of one thing : the judge and the jury are not to blame and do not deserve comments like "they deserve to die" thrown at them for doing there jobs. again, the evidence has to be there, and it wasnt. schmoes just remember, as much as we all think we know outside the courtroom, it is indeed a different story behind those doors. again, vent your frustration if you need to, because from time to time we all need to, but for as many flaws as our justice system "has" within the confines of its own rules set forth by the government it does indeed work. yeah i agree, even if the witnesses did get paid off, it wtill would of been hard to convict him with them there, his word against theirs, there has to be hard evidence to cnfict him of it, but sadly.......there wasnt |