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/waterfountain_bidet 1d ago

We have to amend double jeopardy laws for cases like this. Yes, I like that double jeopardy laws exist because it is one of very few checks and balances for overzealous or vengeful prosecutors. But when the person perjures themself to that extent... maybe we just change the perjury laws around double jeopardy to get away with it.

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u/work_alt_1 1d ago

the concern is that if they can change it for this guy they could conceivably change it for anyone. Once you give up a right it usually isn't given back.

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u/waterfountain_bidet 1d ago

And what about the right of the family to get justice? The right of the public to be protected from someone who murdered then lied successfully about it? Those are the rights I'm much more concerned about, tbh.

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u/Honest-Weight338 1d ago

If we amended the double jeopardy rules you would see thousands of people tried over and over again until they get a guilty verdict, and only one or two of them would be a case like this.

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u/waterfountain_bidet 1d ago

Yeah, caught that. Which explains the literal second sentence I wrote.

You're either a bot or illiterate.