PA> RT> Name a case where a subject was convicted when no evidence of a crime
> RT> exists other than eye witness accounts of the act.
PA> RT> Your hypothetical example involved alleged murder. What case can you
> RT> cite that shows someone convicted of unlawful homicide when there is
> RT> no corpse, no missing person, and no other evidence that a murder
> RT> happened.
PA> I could mention the Salem witch trials.
I suppose so. And, does anyone today really believe that any of the
people executed were actual witches?
PA> I could, but I won't, because there are people who would be upset by
he
>idea that there's some comparison between witch sightings and UFO
sightings.
Only the futility of trying to convince someone that circumstantial
evidence is nothing without substantiation. The witch trials were a
product of hysteria and paranoia. Hmmmmm.... sound a lot like a UFO
sighting.
Ron
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