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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in a appeal by convicted criminals, if i remember rightly they cant be declared innocent, just a unfair trial so theres insufficient evidence and are released

should that board i cant remember then name be able to declare a persons innocence if they win an appeal

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What are you trying to argue?

    AFAIK if a person is acquitted by a Court of Appeal then he is acquitted, and it is recorded as if he had been acquitted by Crown Court. If a person is not acquitted, but cannot be convicted due to failure of practice, then this is duly noted as such. It is not an acquittal.

    A convicted criminal acquitted is still acquitted on appeal.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ^

    You see that's what I hate about lawyers. Double speak, or am I the only one who lost track halfway through :p
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