Help Ward Bird of Moultonborough

DickR · 11-30-2010, 01:11 PM

Hazlenut said: "We can never know for sure what Ward was actually thinking or feeling and we will never know 100% how the woman was behaving at the time."

He's right, of course. But neither could the jury know, for sure. Wouldn't that uncertainty have constituted "reasonable doubt," preventing a conviction?

Should Ward be released? - yes, we think so.

Was he an "unintended consequence" of a perhaps poorly crafted law? - yes, we think so.

Did the case get out of hand, driven by personalities? - yes, we think so.

Can we really resolve the case on this forum, knowing less than what presumably the jury knew? - probably not.

11-30-2010, 01:11 PM	#10
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 765 Thanks: 4 Thanked 260 Times in 172 Posts	Reasonable doubt? Hazlenut said: "We can never know for sure what Ward was actually thinking or feeling and we will never know 100% how the woman was behaving at the time." He's right, of course. But neither could the jury know, for sure. Wouldn't that uncertainty have constituted "reasonable doubt," preventing a conviction? Should Ward be released? - yes, we think so. Was he an "unintended consequence" of a perhaps poorly crafted law? - yes, we think so. Did the case get out of hand, driven by personalities? - yes, we think so. Can we really resolve the case on this forum, knowing less than what presumably the jury knew? - probably not.

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