An insight into the deliberations of the jury in a rape trial.

[Casehardened]

This well written article gives an insight into the collective thinking of a jury in a rape trial (as well as the folly of all parties in the incident that led to the false accusation and the CPS in prosecuting it!)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ife-saver.html

[Peter1975]

Thanks CH.. this is an informative article, albeit one that raises some questions...

As I understand it, the comps ABE interview is always played to the court as evidence in chief so the jury in this case asking for her recollection of how much she had to drink is either misleading or the police/cps edited the abe ( as is standard ) and omitted this rather vital piece of testimony... which wouldn't surprise me very sadly. Incompetence or a heartless desire to see a prosecution against a possibly innocent suspect, bordering on perverting the course of justice??

If this got to the jury then it would suggest that the defence has not done their job and compared the transcript with the abe in order to be able to agree on those facts.

Rights Fighter has been doing her best to point people toward reliable legal teams for many years and this is perhaps an example of why she works so tirelessly.

If the comp has clearly stated 2 drinks then where did 5 come from and why was it put before a jury?

The positive thing is that a jury is not looking to convict "just in case" - they are asking questions and are well aware that a defendant could be innocent.


Anyway.. In other news..

There has been a survey concerning the controversial and confusing third "not proven" verdict in Scotland.

I'm afraid that I can't find the original link that I read the other day but perhaps some googling will ..

The findings of this decent sized survey are not surprising but the nugget not included in the links I have is that an alarming number of respondents have the misguided belief that an acquittal requires proof of innocence.

I sincerely hope that jury directions and better informed jury members put this misconception right but it perhaps explains some poor jury decisions at times.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49972637

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...proven-verdict