Zimmerman to auction gun used to kill Martin

[GMDino]

Here you go Larry...in case you want to speak for Lucy some more:

This is a fine distinction, but it is one worth noting.

Quote:Here's how and why:
In the technical terms of many legal systems, the only possible verdicts are guilty and not guilty. If a judge or jury find a defendant guilty, then that person or group of people has decided that the enough presented at trial was enough to prove the defendant's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If the judge or jury are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, then they must deliver a verdict of not guilty. This does not mean that the defendant is innocent. It means only that the prosecution did not convince the judge or jury beyond a reasonable doubt.


So why do people say a person was found innocent? In many judicial systems, anyway, once you're found not guilty of a crime, you can't be tried again for that same crime. Under the law (in America's case the Fifth Amendment), you are protected against double jeopardy. So, once you're found not guilty, you're as good as innocent, at least in the eyes of the law.

"As good as innocent" because you can't be tried for that same crime again.

Not found "innocent"

Of course, like OJ they can still be tried in a civil court.