Saturday, July 26, 2008

My previous comments on ex.christian.net

Here are some fo my thoughts and feelings from the thread on exchristian.net:

"In human terms, and in legal terms, I think that any opinion, in this thread, that states innocence or guilt as "obvious" is misguided. There was nothing obvious from either side of the argument. However, If I were on that jury, I would have "hung" them - I would not have been able to convict Josh Rosa, because the prosecution did not support thier scenario to a degree that was significantly greater than the possibility of Josh Rosa just happening on the scene. Even if the prosecution was able to make me feel that the possibility of Josh Rosa being the murderer was "greater" than the possibility of him being innocent, I still would not have given a "guilty" vote. It would not have been enough to take away my reasonable doubt of his guilt.In summary, both scenarios had a strong possibility, and hence it wouldnt have been enough for me to convict Josh Rosa. That was the "greyest" debate I have ever been exposed to.I think the most obvious failure was in the police dept's investigation, and I say this from the experience of being raised in a neighborhood similar to Citrus Park. There were many known sex-offenders in that area. There was a lot of lawlessness in that park.All of the "warning" stories that I was exposed to when I was young, had to do with wooded areas where "dangerous" people were known to hang out. We all knew that crazy people were going into the woods, drinking, smoking, etc. Bad things happenend in my old neighborhood because of this - very bad things.The greatest failure was in the investigation. The police should have looked deeper into the neghborhood as a whole, and not just by asking questions. They should have done surveillence AFTER the murder - for months. They also should have looked deeper into Ronny Tomlinson Jr's problems.After watching the trial, not looking into the "shadyness" of the nieghborhood, and not looking into Ron Jr's troubles, were the biggest red flags that I saw coming from the trial as a whole. That's why I wouldnt have convicted Rosa. It's also where I think the truth is. Based on that, my feeling is that Rosa didn't do it."

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