Verdict: GUILTY!

[~n/t~]

i am confident that if he gets off he will be tried again. MOO

He can't if it's not guilty. If it's a mistrial then he will be.

 

[nursebeeme]

is anyone still tweeting? Are they back from dinner yet?

 

[elepher50]

is anyone still tweeting? Are they back from dinner yet?

I got an alert a few minutes ago that they just broke for dinner and then they start deliberating. Anybody else getting any alerts?

 

[snoofer]

if they have new evidence they can retry him i believe....and introduce the evidence that was withheld the first time. MOO

 

[nursebeeme]

if they have new evidence they can retry him i believe....and introduce the evidence that was withheld the first time. MOO

I don't believe they can if they messed up the warrant (moo)

 

[snoofer]

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms includes provisions such as section 11(h) prohibiting double jeopardy. However, often, this prohibition applies only after the trial is finally concluded. Canadian law allows the prosecution to appeal from an acquittal. If the acquittal is thrown out, the new trial is not considered to be double jeopardy because the first trial and its judgment would have been annulled. In rare circumstances, a court of appeal might also substitute a conviction for an acquittal. This is not considered to be double jeopardy, either – in this case, the appeal and subsequent conviction are deemed to be a continuation of the original trial.

For an appeal from an acquittal to be successful, the Supreme Court of Canada requires that the Crown show that an error in law was made during the trial and that the error contributed to the verdict. It has been suggested that this test is unfairly beneficial to the prosecution. For instance, Martin L Friedland, in his book My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures, contends that the rule should be changed so that a retrial is granted only when the error is shown to be responsible for the verdict, not just one of many factors.
-wikipedia

In the interest of public safety; I think everything would be tried at their disposal to keep him locked up. MOO

 

[brighidin]

I don't believe they can if they messed up the warrant (moo)

I don't think so either. Theoretically, the crown can try to argue it back in again and again, but a messed up warrant is a big deal.

grrr

imo

 

[~n/t~]

Tweets are buzzing about the warrant.

 

[snoofer]

wonders if the judge could overturn the verdict if he feels that the verdict is unjust based on what he knows. MOO

 

[~n/t~]

Cristina Tenaglia‏@cristina_CHCHTV

Now #Rafferty trial reporters wait till 9pm. If no verdict reached, back at 9am tomorrow.

 

[robynhood]

RaffertyLFP: What the jury didn't hear: The story behind McClintic's about-face. http://bit.ly/Jhek1K [via Twitter]
Thursday May 10, 2012 5:51 RaffertyLFP
5:50 RaffertyLFP: Heartbreaking details jurors never heard. http://bit.ly/JhefeG [via Twitter]
Thursday May 10, 2012 5:50 RaffertyLFP
5:50 RaffertyLFP: What the jury didn't hear: Cop told accused lies in bid to get confession. http://bit.ly/Jhedn3 [via Twitter]
Thursday May 10, 2012 5:50 RaffertyLFP
5:49 RaffertyLFP: What the jury didn't hear: ‘Eight years old, Mike . . . that’s pure evil’ http://bit.ly/Jhe7M3 [via Twitter]

...unbelieveable posts ...the detectives were right what a sick puppy ...IMo and strongly yelled ...omg I think I feel like puking badly and crying !...I feel so deeply sad for tori and her family!

 

[~n/t~]

Francis D'Souza‏@cityfrancis

Laptop evidence not included at #Rafferty trial because police didn't have proper search warrant

Joel Bowey‏@JoelBoweyCTV

As they deliberate, there is a lot the jury doesn't know about Michael #Rafferty. My story: http://kitchener.ctv.ca/?video=676845


*sigh*

 

[~n/t~]

Linda Nguyen‏@LindaNguyenPN

Michael #Rafferty’s police interview: ‘Am I sitting across from Paul Bernardo here?

 

[TopTop]

Tori Stafford is trending on twitter I am so sad for her.

 

[snoofer]

Imagine being on the jury and voting for an aquittal and then finding out this stuff?!?


MOO

This could really mess up these jurors for life. This is so not fair to the jurors. When a miscarriage of justice occurs like this...the LAW needs to correct it. He could theoretically walk because of this. THAT is not acceptable. MOO

Exactly TOP....this is an insult to TS. JMO

 

[~n/t~]

Linda Nguyen‏@LindaNguyenPN

Jury begins deliberations in Michael #Rafferty murder trial







**I think they finished dinner and are now deliberating

Please Lord show them the way to Justice for this precious little girl and her family. No child deserves to go through what she went through.

 

[Peekaboo10]

I'm kinda confused... which thread are we to be following/posting in... I keep following this one & the "Legal Argument" one...

 

[Flowercb]

Lord help us.... from the LFP

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/raffertytrial/2012/05/10/19741811.html

Many times Rafferty cried and by the end was so exhausted he tried to sleep.

But at no time did he admit involvement in the death or express sadness about what happened, no matter how hard police went at him.

"No remorse. No empathy. No nothing. You're just hollow," Smyth tells him.

"You know what a psychopath is, Mike?" Smyth says at another point.

"I have never met one," Rafferty says.

"Well, I just met one tonight. It's you."

 

[~n/t~]

Mark Carcasole‏@MarkCarc1010

On several devices used by #Rafferty #OPP says he regularly searched for and bookmarked news stories related to #ToriStafford search.


Cristina Tenaglia‏@cristina_CHCHTV

Also, judge did not allow some of these items, did not want it to taint jury. #Rafferty , judge told jury, "innocent until proven guilty."



Cristina Tenaglia‏@cristina_CHCHTV

#Rafferty had also downloaded 9 child *advertiser censored* movies

 

[nursebeeme]

t took three interviews in the spring of 2009 - and three hours in the last one - to get Terri-Lynne McClintic to finger Michael Rafferty for Victoria (Tori) Stafford's murder.

It took less than 10 minutes one day in the winter of 2012 for McClintic to change her mind and say she killed the girl.

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/raffertytrial/2012/05/10/19741656.html