SDSU Aztec wrote:
dat rhombus wrote:
How is there no reasonable doubt that he killed her? Perhaps they got into another fight that got so nasty she broke up with him and he was so angry he left her. That's not a crime. My gut says he killed her, but there are plenty of reasons someone would bail on a significant other that falls short of murder, and there is no way we can conclusively know that he killed her based on current evidence.
Basically, you're claiming that if someone wants to get away with killing his wife, all he has do is take her camping. If something else happened to her besides him murdering her, he needed to notify the police immediately so the an investigation could begin immediately. By leaving her there, he lost the chance to prove that he wasn't responsible.
It can be proven that they were alone together, they had had a fight and her body was found 900 feet from where they had parked their van. He also drove home by himself, was radio silent for several days and has now disappeared.
If you were a juror would you think there is reasonable doubt? As a juror, your vote is at your discretion.
You don't quite get the rules of evidence and who the burden is on do you?