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Originally Posted by TheMoreYouKnow
Because the jury is deciding whether he is guilty or not guilty of the crime that he was being accused of. He was found not guilty of 2nd degree murder therefore he is an innocent man in the eyes of the law and every level headed person around.
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In the "eyes of the law" he is a "not guilty" man. It means that he was found not guilty within the parameters of the law and the rules of evidence and procedure. That's all it means. I guess you didn't notice that information which was considered "evidence" was not admissible in the trial because the rules of evidence did not allow it, as is true in ALL CRIMINAL cases, so the verdict means that the jury found him not guilty based ONLY on the "evidence" it heard, not on ALL the information which was "evidence" but ruled not admissible. See, that's why you can't say that someone is 100% innocent just because they were found not guilty. COURT/TRIAL are not directly about the whole truth. It's about the "truth" which is admissible in court under the rules of evidence and procedure.
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