Re: jury nullification, jury veto, jury pardon

"Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ken Smith
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >(Whether
> >Bush was busted for cocaine possession is debatable, but I tend to
> >accept the assertion as fact, given that the document which would
> >have indicated that fact has mysteriously been destroyed.)
>
> You accept it as true because the document that would prove it to be true
> has been destroyed?  What would you think if the document existed?!?!!

The argument that "it must be true because there is no evidence" sounds very
much like a J. Edgar or J. Reno sort of spin. It is also the argument of a
great many conspiracy theorists.