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Be More Pacific

Be More Pacific

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PoppyKJ said:
no I will do though, didn’t even think about a spoiler tag the first time!

I do always think I’d be terrible on a jury. I have to remind myself you’re not meant to base your decisions on your own opinion, more on what the evidence tells you. But it’s so hard!

I’ve been a witness in court and know what happened as a fact, but the person got found not guilty which is infuriating. I was so young and it was really difficult to get up there & then felt defeated with the verdict.
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Sorry to hear that was your experience 😢

I've done jury service. I've told this story before but I wanted to be on a jury since I was about seven years old and watched an episode of Murder, She Wrote where JB was on a jury - Trial by Error, first episode I ever watched and still my favourite. My case wasn't that interesting - it was a company on trial - and the judge ordered us to return a not guilty verdict after hearing the prosecution case, as he decided there was no case to answer, so we never got to deliberate, which I have always felt very swizzed about. But I loved it. All the other jurors thought I was weird because I was so happy 🙈

Obviously, with no interest in crime or Murder, She Wrote 😂 Mr BMP's experience was very different. He sat on two cases - first one made national news (it was salacious) and he was the foreman on the second where they returned a not guilty verdict based on the evidence (even though they all thought he was guilty) because, like you say, that's what you have to do. And yes, I am still bitter!
 
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LilPinkie

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Be More Pacific said:
Still trying to find those missing two episodes of Murder 24/7 (no luck) but did come across a new four part documentary on this week on C4.

It's called The Never Ending Murder and it's about the case of Nicola Payne. First two parts are on Wednesday night starting at 9pm and the final two are on Thursday night.

I know this case. I followed the trial. I'm struggling to see how this is going to be stretched out for four hours if I'm honest 🤷🏻‍♀️

EDIT - says it's new but a quick Google confirms it's actually three years old. Looks like it was originally for made for Prime (maybe)
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It’s not the one that was already shown on Sky is it? Everyone knows those who got off did it. It’s such a miscarriage of justice. I hope they find her one day but I feel it’s unlikely.
 
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Melian

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I've seen the first episode of last seen on holiday. Given how recent the case on episode one is, I'm surprised it didn't appear to get any news coverage over here
 
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Did anybody watch True Crime Presents - a Deadly Betrayal on ITV last night ?
I fell asleep and missed it and now can't find it on ITVX, did they postpone it or not just putting it on X yet.
 
MissTeddy

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Be More Pacific said:
This week's Murder Case: Digital Detectives was actually interesting. I wasn't aware of the case before. But it gets even more interesting when you Google his previous name and where he's from originally 👀 Stuff that wasn't covered in the programme.

Jeffrey Mills, Newcastle - he really needs to stop using cocaine
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Wow … what a fucking maniac