well that's the thing. the benchmark is beyond reasonable doubt unles sits for murder so literally, if there's a reason to doubt the accusation then it falls on it's arse.

In Scotland we have a mad little loop-hole called not proven. It pretty much means the jury think you're guilty but there's not enough evidence to prove it. Kinda strange that one but it can be beneficial if you're in that position.

but i digress

I was makign the point that when cases seem to be overwhelmingly going in one direction but a different verdict comes out it's usually a result of the way the media wants to spin the case not what's actually happening in the court room, not alot of people realise that in most cases.