Letters to the Editor
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Gong
If it was up to me, from what I know, I would vote 'not guilty', regardless of her culpability or not.
That makes no sense.
Suppose you are a juror.
1) If you believe her testimony, obviously you believe the other two witnesses are lying, and you vote 'not guilty'.
2) If you believe she is lying, then presumably the two witnesses are telling the truth, and you vote 'guilty'.
3) If you have heard everything and you still honestly don't know who is telling the truth, you vote 'not guilty'.
Simple as that. But in case 3) the whole point is that you are unable to determine culpability.
If she had not taken the stand herself, the case would be slightly different, of course, because the prosecution case would have to stand or fall alone. I think that is what you are fogetting.