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You're the Jury - Guilty or Not Guilty?

Cast Your Vote on Old and New Criminal Cases

From Charles Montaldo, About.com

As good as our judicial system may be, sometimes it fails to work. The criminal slips out between the bars of a jail because of a technicality or because the prosecution fails to come up with flawless evidence securing a guilty verdict. As citizens, parents, sisters, brothers and friends, we feel cheated that another criminal is set free to haunt doorways of the truly innocent.

Then there are those who have been mistakenly accused and they have to instantly adopt the hardness of criminals in order to survive among them. A forgetful witness may identify the wrong person or an over-zealous cop may decide to play judge and jury, or maybe it's a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

As the verdicts are read, we too, make our decisions, but our votes are never counted.

This is your opportunity to have your vote counted - Guilty or Not Guilty.

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  1. Dr. Barton Corbin - Guilty or Not Guilty?Dr. Barton Corbin
  2. John Evander Couey - Guilty or Not Guilty?John Evander Couey
  3. Neil Entwistle - Guilty or Not Guilty?Neil Entwistle
  4. Benjamin Fawley - Guilty or Not Guilty?Benjamin Fowley
  5. Joran Van Der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe, Satist Kalpoe - Guilty or Not Guilty?Joran Van Der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe and Satist Kalpoe
  6. Reade Seligmann, David Evans, Collin Finnerty - Guilty or Not Guilty?Reade Seligmann, David Evans and Collin Finnerty
  7. Jeffrey MacDonald - Guilty or Not Guilty?Jeffrey MacDonald
  8. Susan Polk - Guilty or Not Guilty?Susan Polk
  9. Alfonso Rodriguz Jr - Guilty or Not Guilty?Alfonso Rodriguz Jr
  10. Darlie Routier - Guilty or Not Guilty?Darlie Routier
  11. Phil Spector - Guilty or Not Guilty?Phil Spector
  12. Andrea Yates - Guilty or Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity?Andrea Yates
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