On 23-3-2009 23:17, Chambers wrote:
> On 3/23/2009 1:55 PM, andrel wrote:
>> The reasoning here is that because of the jury trial system and the way
>> it is used, it is not sure if someone innocent can still get convicted.
> 
> That's funny, because living here the impression is that it's not sure 
> if someone guilty can get convicted either.

That is as it should be. You can only convict if you can prove it. 
Whereas a system that cannot protect innocent people from being 
convicted is bad, very bad.

> For the most part, it seems that our system errs on the side of letting 
> guilty people go much more often then locking up innocents.

Explain the large number of people in jail in the US?

If you'd lived here I would suggest changing your newspaper. In the US 
it may take a little more.

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