Errr…so I heard dis guy say dat he saw some guy who kinda sounds like dis guy say “blah, blah, blah”
That’s not evidence, it’s, well, hearsay and completely inappropriate for a criminal trial. Why our lege Members feel they need to tamper with long established law because they think one guy might be getting away with something is a bit of a mystery.
The more appropriate lesson to take from Peterson is that we need better police and coroners.
While the bill in question seems to be aimed at a specific case and as such is not a good idea from a legal standpoint, non-lawyers should keep in mind that there are dozens of exceptions to the “hearsay” rule.
The prisons of America are filled with people who have been convicted on the basis of “hearsay” evidence properly admitted at their trials.
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