Re: jury nullification, jury veto, jury pardon

"Ken Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Larry wrote:
>
> > 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?!?!!
> >
> > Talk about someone altering the facts to fit their predetermined
opinion!
>
>   Did you ever take an evidence class?  When evidence is tampered
> with, you can draw all sorts of negative inferences at trial from that
> fact.  So tell me, Lar-- Why *did* George W. Bush need to have a
> new driver's license issued, and why was the old record destroyed?

Lot's of people have new driver's licenses issued for lots of reasons. Prove
the old records were destroyed, then show relevence. Records are destroyed
for many different reasons. Your claim about drawing negative inferences
still requires you to support those inferences.