Perspective
Jan. 20, 2016
Letter to the editor: Not guilty but return the cows
The Jan. 14 column, "Why do we have rules of evidence," reminded me of an old anecdote I had read a while back. By Hirbod Rashidi
The Jan. 14 column, "Why do we have rules of evidence," reminded me of an old anecdote I had read a while back. Unlike today where we don't want the juries to know anything about the case, original jurors were preferred to know something about the case. They were actually charged with conducting their own investigations.
The case in question involved some stolen cows. After the trial the jurors returned a verdict of "not guilty but he must retu...
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