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Presiding Judge Oh-Gon Kwon said prosecutors did not provide enough evidence to "be capable of supporting a conviction of genocide".
After reading the affidavits and listening to the Justice Department briefing, I was both disheartened and perplexed by the lack of physical evidence supporting a conviction.
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"The evidence is totally insufficient to support a conviction".
The panel rejected two specifications that would have supported a conviction for conspiracy.
Negligent conduct will support a conviction only when the definition of the crime in question includes it.
Judges may reserve such a decision until after trial and direct an acquittal if they feel that the evidence did not support a conviction.
Judge Coleman ruled they had presented enough evidence to support a conviction on all eight charges against Mr. Williams, including two counts of manslaughter.
If a jury was willing to convict based on the testimony of witnesses like Mr. Adondakis and Mr. Tortora, there is a reasonably good chance Dr. Gilman's testimony will be sufficiently believable to support a conviction of Mr. Martoma.
If the jury votes to convict the former councilwoman, Sandy Annabi, and a co-defendant, Zehy Jereis, the judge would have the power to direct an acquittal if she concluded the evidence was not sufficient to support a conviction.
But the judge left open the possibility that Mr. Roeder might be allowed to present evidence that could support a conviction short of premeditated murder, like voluntary manslaughter, a notion that has outraged some abortion rights groups.
A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, which will review the convictions, may present the Justice Department with a substantial hurdle to show the Libor submissions were sufficient to support a conviction for wire fraud.
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