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Originally Posted by nlphoto
i understand that, but the result is the same... you're being tried twice for
the same accusation... how can Robert Blake be guilty of "wrongful death"
if it has not been legally proven that he caused that death ?
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its a civil procedure.. not a criminal one. different burdens of proof. being aquitted in a murder trial --... i.e. that it was not proven that he committed 1st degree murder... does not mean that he did not kill her or cause her to be killed. it means they were not able to convict him of 1st degree murder... they possibly could have for 2nd degree murder, 3rd, manslaughter etc. that is the prosecutors call, he made the charge and tried the case and lost.