The Mason Greenwood Mailbox has predictably prompted a flurry of replies and most make the same point.
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Mason Greenwood: A reaction to that Mailbox
It was a predictable but still disappointing. It would be a waste of time to go through the mails from Soheil and Will and pick apart every ridiculous and willfully ignorant thing they said in their gallant defence of Mason Greenwood. It’s clear that their team winning trophies so they can claim second hand social media clout trumps everything. You cannot reason with that kind of mentality, no point even trying.
Kev, Dublin
…As an often reader, never commentator on the 365 Mailbox it takes a lot to get me as far as the draft stage of an email, never mind actually hitting send. But, having seen the tweet and link to this morning’s mailbox I think it’s important that there’s a general awareness of how the legal system works in this country.
In the UK legal system people are either found Guilty or Not Guilty, it’s a binary verdict and the standard of proof is a certainty of guilt. Our legal system is built on a foundational principle that it is better to let some of the guilty walk free rather than convict an individual innocent.
If a jury is not certain the accused is guilty, they are instructed to find in favour of the defendant and return a not guilty verdict, even if they think there’s a 98% chance they committed the acts they are accused of.
After the front line police, the CPS is the entry into the legal system and has the burden of ensuring cases that are brought forward on behalf of the crown, have a realistic chance of prosecution, which obviously would mean meeting this threshold.
Given the fact the CPS had the case for over a year, and cited witnesses dropping out as a reason for no longer pursuing a prosecution, it seems as if they felt that had this not happened they may have proceeded with the case. Though no-one outside the CPS will know for sure.
A number of responses this morning seemed to be going down the line of argument that because no prosecution was brought forward, there is no chance Mason Greenwood committed any act worthy of club sanction and all should move on from the issue. It clearly isn’t as binary as that. It may well be Greenwood is more likely than not (over 50% probability – incidentally the burden of proof in a Civil case) to have commited the crimes he was accused of, but that’s…
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