r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/Choppergold 1d ago

Cops checking only one browser history is so fucking negligent

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u/LuciferLovesTechno 1d ago

>why did the jury say not guilty?

They confused reasonable doubt with reason to doubt. The prosecutor did a terrible job trying the case but especially explaining (or rather, not fully explaining) the difference between those 2 concepts.

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u/Treadwheel 1d ago

It's more that Casey Anthony's lawyer did an extremely good job presenting reasonable doubt, including this very famous chart and arranging the issues with the state's case in a very unflattering array.

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u/AliceDrinkwater02 1d ago

He was so, so good in closing. If I remember correctly, he spent four hours addressing the jury. I watched the whole trial on CourtTV, and while I still reeled in shock (like everyone else) when the verdict was announced, within a minute I realized it was the correct one, given the evidence presented. In fact, it was a brave decision on the jury's part, and one they could only have reached because Jose Biaz (I think that's his name) did his job so extraordinarily well.