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Rosencrantz · 02-03-2008, 00:36

The fact that the police are using the word "evidence" in that sentence implies a legal connotation rather than a literal one. A better interpretation might be "they have no damning, watertight evidence submittable in a court of law that a crime has been committed by a particular individual". They're not saying that they can't see that the two people in front of them are angry and hurt victims of crime, they're saying that from a legal perspective there's not enough to incriminate any specific individual.

To be fair, it does sound like a fairly vague case and I can understand why it would make you angry. Maybe I'm too much of an apologist for the establishment.

02-03-2008, 00:36	#12
Rosencrantz Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hull Posts: 52 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: not enough evidence,doubtful if a crime commited. The fact that the police are using the word "evidence" in that sentence implies a legal connotation rather than a literal one. A better interpretation might be "they have no damning, watertight evidence submittable in a court of law that a crime has been committed by a particular individual". They're not saying that they can't see that the two people in front of them are angry and hurt victims of crime, they're saying that from a legal perspective there's not enough to incriminate any specific individual. To be fair, it does sound like a fairly vague case and I can understand why it would make you angry. Maybe I'm too much of an apologist for the establishment.