For drugs, I'd say punish the cops and let the guy go.
Joanna
John Thornton wrote:
> A friend just finished jury duty in Federal court and had a difficult
> time reaching a verdict. It was a drug case involving transporting
> meth. The problem she had was that she felt the police lied and
> tampered with some of the evidence to strengthen their case but that
> they did so unnecessarily. She believed the defendant was shown to be
> guilty even without the questionable evidence. Her question was
> basically whether it was acceptable to find a defendant not guilty, in
> spite of believing in his guilt, in order to punish the police for
> lying and altering evidence? I'm curious what others think they would
> do in a similar situation.
>
> John Thornton
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