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Judge to woman in rape case: 'Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?'

HonestJoe said:
If the initial verdict was overturned, legally speaking the first trial never happened so it’s perfectly legitimate for there to be a retrial. If he had been convicted but that verdict was overturned, there could be a retrial too. Remember that overturning the verdict isn’t declaring innocence or guilt, only that there was something fundamentally wrong with the manner in which the initial trial proceeded. This is standard legal practice pretty much everywhere, including the US as far as I’m aware.
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Actually in the US an acquittal is the end of the road for the prosecutor. So is a conviction, prosecutors are unable here to appeal a final verdict at trial. The only case I'm aware of where an acquittal was overturned was when a judge was bribed for a not guilty verdict in a bench trial
 
cpwill said:
I feel strongly that this man's judgment indicates that people like him should be freed from the shackles of the Constitution so that they may Organize us more efficiently.
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Why, certainly...for our own good. :mrgreen:
 
Somebody sent me this, it has to do with this case and I is soooo true.

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