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Briana Walter's Conviction
My point a few pages back was completely aside from Ms. Walters' ordeal, because it was tangental to the issue I wanted to raise.
However, to comment directly on her, I can't say whether she's guilty or not. I don't have all the facts. And from the looks of it, the prosecution didn't either. By and by, I am not convinced beyond reasonable doubt that she was guilty. If it was up to me, from what I know, I would vote 'not guilty', regardless of her culpability or not.
That's what I find unfortunate, because from what it seems here, the trial ended up operating competely opposite to the idea of 'innocent before proven guilty', and that's largely in part thanks to the additional spectre of 'terrorism'.