The verdict has also raised serious questions in the medical profession about where the line should be drawn between normal mistakes and criminal lapses in judgement.
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled the country ahead of a judgement on criminal charges brought against her by the ruling military regime.
Currently judgements in criminal law rely on what some call the "commonsense philosophy" of cause and effect, action and blame.
The problem in this case is not the process, but the fact that the police have shown a lack of judgement in applying the criminal law in such a heavy-handed fashion.
We continue to face challenging investigations such as these and there are undoubtedly certain lessons to be learned for police and the wider criminal justice system from today's judgement which we will carefully consider".
Zuker's reasons for judgement ripped into the criminal justice system's handling of sex assault trials, addressing many of the issues victims and advocates have raised.
Does that mean that our troops' lives may depend on the judgement of an alleged war criminal?
But ultimately, the film warns against this pop-psychological approach to criminal investigation, demonstrating that a rush to emotive judgement – much like the rush to convert headlines into gaudy TV thrillers – makes fools of us all.
The judgement makes this community not just vulnerable but also criminal and has pushed them to live a closeted life.
As usual, a bad judgement," Trump tweeted in July after Comey recommended no criminal charges against Clinton.
"I just think we're on dangerous ground when we start making slightly random judgements about which criminals we allow back to work, and which criminals we don't".
