Blog Part 2: The Judiciary system

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_Murder_Trial_No_Body.html

After listening to quite a few detective shows on T.V. I would have to say that this is a bizarre verdict. A man in Fort Worth (Owens) was convicted of murder ALTHOUGH there is NO body to prove the killing; the 'victim' (Furch) is still considered "missing". Instead of using the body to prosecute this man, they linked Owens with peculiar things that were found in Furch's trash can such as "electrical and telephone cords tied in unusual knots, a towel, clothes, and other items belonging to Furch". In the end, this man gets life in prison due to the courts assumptions of the circumstance. The only thing that they can relate him to is a piece of duct tape they found in her trash can that had his fingerprint. That is very weak evidence, and the court completely bases their case against him upon the circumstance that he happened to be her next door neighbor.

Could it just be that he was rushing out of his house after taping up something and didn't have his own trash can out so he used his neighbors? It's guilty till proven innocence, once they found any DNA besides the victims in the trash can they HAD to be the murderer. Remind me to never have neighbors if I’m going to be accused for murder simply by throwing something away in someone else’s trash can because I didn't have time to rush back into the house.


If the man in THIS article can get life in prison for having his DNA in her trash can then THIS man:

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/10/10/06/1006woodford_edit.html

Should DEFINETLY get life in prison, or death row. He was on death row, but California temporarily banned death row while he was on it, therefore he got knocked down to jail WITH probation. This is a man who DEFINETLY killed someone, and HE was able to get out of jail for a few months. Just long enough to kill another person and assure the court that he should be on death row.

In my opinion, this shows the inconsistency between the states and the judicial system.

I find the first article to be very important because this is an example of our judicial system. With the power of assumption, anyone can easily be put in jail. What happened to Innocence till proven guilty? Has this constitutional right been forsaken? Shouldn't the evidence be stronger than just a piece of duct tape that's in the victims trash can? Assumptions like these can leave the wrong person in jail for a very long, an unforgivable amount of time, and it has before.