tv networks were clamoring to get their menendez in 1993, the murder trials of lyle and erik menendez captivated the country. tv networks were clamoring to get their menendez made-for-tv movies ready to air once the verdicts were read. for 6 months, public opinion was divided between seeing the menendez brothers as cold-blooded murderers or victims of unthinkable abuse. what would each jury decide? so much had happened during the 6 months, i think, that the trial went on, that it almost became, like, unclear what verdict the jury should come back with. the menendez jurors were faced with five different choices. they could vote for first or second-degree murder, voluntary or involuntary manslaughter or acquittal. there was quite a bit of debate on what was the level of the
because things need to change. one of the aims of these proposed changes is to increase scotland s low conviction rate for serious sexual offences. the overall conviction rate in scottish trials is about 90%. it is far lower in rape and attempted rape trials, where only about half result in conviction. as well as piloting judge only trials for those charged with rape, the proposed legislation will grant automatic lifelong anonymity for victims of sexual offences, reduce the numbers ofjurors in scottish criminal trials from 15 to 12, and abolish the not proven verdict, which is unique to scots law. many in the scottish legal profession have concerns. the temptation to move away from juries in serious sex cases, i think that is a retrograde step. citizens are trusted to elect politicians. they will be trusted to reach verdicts in murder trials. but somehow, it is thought that they don t have sufficient either open mindedness or experience
convicted killer. it has never happened before. talk radio host bill cunningham, a lawyer by training, regards and the self as a hanging high conservative. but even he felt that this was a case of justice tonight. judging this case against 100 other murder trials, this is one of the flimsiest and weakest i ve ever seen. my name is mike i m the creator of the website someone out there following the crowd was mike. and some newlywed and self and i wet page designer. even though he never met ryan, he believed in his witnesses so that he launched a free ryan widmer website. the goal is to get a new trial, if it does not give a new trial, i think it s got outrage a lot of people. angry citizens, taxpayers, voters. even though the real trial is over, the prosecutor had not entirely called it quits. in their post verdict victory lap, they spoke of the things that the judge had not allowed the jury to hear. the weekend before his wife