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2006-07-26 India-Pakistan

Convict freed after murder victim found alive

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hey India, heres a hint: Produce a BODY and do an AUTOPSY before you charge for murder. I know this sounds a little complicated, but trust me, it works.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-26 08:53|| 2006-07-26 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 mcsegeek1: convictions without bodies is common, even in the US. A body is only part of the "body of evidence", and if other elements establish guilt, then that is enough for a conviction.

Remember also that a body without other forensic evidence just establishes that someone is dead, not if they were murdered or who killed them.

Just by not confessing (in the US), you raise your chance of acquittal enormously, because juries are far more prone to pay attention to courtroom appearance and demeanor than evidence.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-26 10:37|| 2006-07-26 10:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Well duh, of course other elements establish guilt. I wasn't speaking to the issue of a trial, but rather to the fact that they assumed she was dead and BURIED and didn't bother to verify there was a corpse.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-26 10:48|| 2006-07-26 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Trials in India are before a judge (no jury of peers)

Posted by john 2006-07-26 20:10|| 2006-07-26 20:10|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem here of course is the islamic prohibition on autopsy and the need for burial within hours of death.

A muslim mob would have probably lynched any police attempting an exhumation of a woman's body.

Posted by john 2006-07-26 20:11|| 2006-07-26 20:11|| Front Page Top

#6 This is Pakistan not India

The highest court of Pakistan has ordered an inquiry into the case of a man who spent three years in jail for a murder that never happened.

A Supreme Court official confirmed on Wednesday that Malik Taj Mohammed had been the victim of a "huge injustice".

He proved his innocence when it was discovered that his "murder victim" was serving a jail sentence for theft.

Lawyers say the case is exceptional, even though false charges in criminal cases are often made in Pakistan.

Posted by john 2006-07-26 20:36|| 2006-07-26 20:36|| Front Page Top

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