Family claims Norwegian Cruise employee sexually assaulted 12-year-old daughter

Not necessarily. The judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney know the context and full statement. IF it was determined to be inadmissible, the jury wouldn’t have heard anything about it.

 

 

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There were almost no details provided in the news article, but one that was provided was the admission of an affidavit from the FBI. So this information was available to the jury.

Besides, we have to accept that if something is ruled inadmissible we should not use it as the basis for presuming guilt.

There were almost no details provided in the news article, but one that was provided was the admission of an affidavit from the FBI. So this information was available to the jury.

 

 

 

Besides, we have to accept that if something is ruled inadmissible we should not use it as the basis for presuming guilt.

The original article simply said there was an affidavit from the FBI agent. I didn’t see anywhere where it said that that affidavit was admitted into evidence at the trial.

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The original article simply said there was an affidavit from the FBI agent. I didn’t see anywhere where it said that that affidavit was admitted into evidence at the trial.

 

 

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From the originally linked article (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/01/12/family-claims-norwegian-cruise-employee-sexually-assaulted-12-year-old-daughter-while-slept.html):

From the originally linked article (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/01/12/family-claims-norwegian-cruise-employee-sexually-assaulted-12-year-old-daughter-while-slept.html):

 

 

 

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Selvam, however, has since been tried and found not guilty by a jury in Miami, despite an affidavit of support filed by an FBI agent which stated that Selvam acknowledged that he touched the girl’s “buttocks and pubic region with his hand, skin to skin, while the minor victim was sleeping on the bed.”

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You are making an assumption that it was submitted to the jury. I’m not. The media stitches together whatever facts they have in a way that sells the story. An affidavit of a confession would be difficult to get admitted as evidence in a trial.

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You are making an assumption that it was submitted to the jury. I’m not. The media stitches together whatever facts they have in a way that sells the story. An affidavit of a confession would be difficult to get admitted as evidence in a trial.

At least in California, this is true. In the cases I have been on as a juror even police reports had to be validated on the stand by the police officer who wrote it unless the defense stipulated it was OK. I suspect the FBI agent didn't show and it was never introduced.

And, it reads more scandalous to not mention it was excluded so of course that's how the media reports it.

I'm still perplexed as to why there is NO coverage of the original arrest or trial. Perhaps the trial just ended and it isn't in the records yet.

Just remember, not guilty does not mean the same thing as innocent.

Well said