9x23
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I suspect that many of you have seen the video of Jerome Ersland, a pharmacist from Oklahoma City, first defending himself and his co-workers then it's the government's contention that he was executing the perpetrator.
There is no doubt that he exhibited GREAT heroism, but the tail end of the video is giving the prosecutors a different direction. Remember, probable cause does not have to meet the "beyond a reasonable doubt" criterion, instead it's "what would lead a reasonable man to believe a crime has been committed, is being committed or will be committed."
On the scale of absolute doubt to no doubt at all, beyond a reasonable doubt falls in the 80 percentile range, but probable cause ("what would lead a reasonable man to believe a crime has been committed, is being committed or will be committed") falls in the 40 percentile range. The police have a lot of latitude here. It appears that based ONLY on what I saw you could go either way. You might want to take a look at my signature line.
If you were Ersland how would you have told the story?
How do you feel having both private and government cameras watching you - even in the most innocuous places??? .....9x23
There is no doubt that he exhibited GREAT heroism, but the tail end of the video is giving the prosecutors a different direction. Remember, probable cause does not have to meet the "beyond a reasonable doubt" criterion, instead it's "what would lead a reasonable man to believe a crime has been committed, is being committed or will be committed."
On the scale of absolute doubt to no doubt at all, beyond a reasonable doubt falls in the 80 percentile range, but probable cause ("what would lead a reasonable man to believe a crime has been committed, is being committed or will be committed") falls in the 40 percentile range. The police have a lot of latitude here. It appears that based ONLY on what I saw you could go either way. You might want to take a look at my signature line.
If you were Ersland how would you have told the story?
How do you feel having both private and government cameras watching you - even in the most innocuous places??? .....9x23
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