In message , Paul Hyett 
<pah@invalid.invalid> writes
>On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 at 21:20:52, The Todal  wrote 
>in uk.legal :
>>>>
>>>> ISTM he's missed the whole point of the jury system...
>>>
>>> It is the best we have at the moment.
>>
>>Until we have perfected the science of mind-reading, the ability to
>>determine for certain whether or not a defendant is lying.
>>
>Of course, in that case there'd be no more need for lawyers... :)

Actually, much of the work of lawyers is based on the question how the 
law applies to an accepted set of facts.
-- 
Richard Miller