Anyway, what I want to know is WHAT THE HELL WERE THE KERCHERS DOING IN COURT??? Apparently they had travelled all day from the UK just to be present at the verdict.
It is probably psychology (emotions).
I have seen it too many times. The victim's family feels vindicated when there is a conviction. The victim's family is terribly upset if the conviction is thrown out, even though the evidence might be overwhelming that the original conviction was a gross miscarriage of justice.
There are occasional cases where the victim's family recognizes the problem and actually works to have the conviction thrown out. But those seem to be rarer than the other kind.
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