Trial by Jury

[ima_nerd]

Our case, was this. Witness tampering. The prosecutor was trying to convict him of 1st degree witness tampering, which required proof he made contact (admitted), that he tried to dissuade or coerce her testimony (which we all eventually agreed he did do), and that he did this by use of "force or threat of injury to persons or property" -- that last part was where the DA failed. There was no threat made during the phone call other than to dump the wife and run off with another women. There was no history of any domestic violence other than his verbal harangues and debasement of her.

It seems like wording really decided the case. I could be wrong, but isn't witness tampering, regardless of any threats, illegal?

Sometimes it's a shame justice doesn't line up with what seems right.