Comments on: Are Juries Fair? UK Study Says Yes http://www.slaw.ca/2010/02/18/are-juries-fair-uk-study-says-yes/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank Stubbs http://www.slaw.ca/2010/02/18/are-juries-fair-uk-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-750527 Frank Stubbs Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:25:53 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=17786#comment-750527 I have recently sat through a first and second trial where a so called police expert with no real qualifications for the job influenced the jury to find the defendant guilty. He denied all the evidence of eye witnesses even so far as saying that the accident did not happen where all the eye witnesses said.He produced a fibre as evidence which he did not have tested, it was found later to be false. Of the physical evidence he chose only to use that which helped his argument and denied that the other was relevant. Yes, he was out to stitch up the defendant. Appeal after the first trial was successful with the appeal judges being very critical of the prosecution. My question is "how can a jury be taken in by such exagerations and lies" I have recently sat through a first and second trial where a so called police expert with no real qualifications for the job influenced the jury to find the defendant guilty. He denied all the evidence of eye witnesses even so far as saying that the accident did not happen where all the eye witnesses said.He produced a fibre as evidence which he did not have tested, it was found later to be false. Of the physical evidence he chose only to use that which helped his argument and denied that the other was relevant. Yes, he was out to stitch up the defendant.

Appeal after the first trial was successful with the appeal judges being very critical of the prosecution.
My question is "how can a jury be taken in by such exagerations and lies"

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