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Originally Posted by taxbuster
If you were a juror, you likely would have been instructed by the Court (the Judge in this case) to do the exact OPPOSITE of what you have just done: DO NOT form an opinion until you have heard ALL the evidence.
And your "evidence" on which you are acting at the moment is nothing but a suggestion from one Defence Counsel, with NO EVIDENCE provided to support it. It's a "theory", and as yet not one supported with any facts.
Critical thinking is hard.
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To add to this.
Not only hearing/seeing the evidence but how it is presenting is a huge thing. Things like body language and tone of speaking can be massive.
You'd also be surprised how a small fact can end up totally taking down someone's (or in this case 5 people's) credibility at trial. For example, the exact time a text message being sent out not matching up with the story.