I was a juror in a murder trial a number of years ago where we acquitted the accused unanimously. Our reason was that the Garda (Irish police) had made such a mess of the chain of evidence we could not safely convict. That was reasonable doubt.
I always wonder if the accused was actually guilty, but as Rumpole used to say; "Better a hundred guilty go free than one innocent hang!"
Oh dear... I really wish people would read history books before coming out with statements like this. Pax Americana,,, ask the people of Chile, El Salvador, Vietnam if the USA was fair to them.
I have what is called an "Old Dublin" accent. It's not the current "ah jaysus howarya" (or AJH), but a soft lilting sort of way of talking. Many people from the area of The Liberties where I hail from have this accent.
My favourite American accent though has to be a nice southern one... I am thinking of someone like the late great Levon Helm type :)
The Irish accent, and dialect, on Newfoundland is almost pure Waterford in my opinion. Waterford ports were whaling and fishing ports in the mid nineteenth century, and many of the seafolk settled across the eastern seaboard of North America. I work in the heritage sector and can spot a Newfie Irish cadence a mile off :)
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RE: Jury Service...
I was a juror in a murder trial a number of years ago where we acquitted the accused unanimously. Our reason was that the Garda (Irish police) had made such a mess of the chain of evidence we could not safely convict. That was reasonable doubt.I always wonder if the accused was actually guilty, but as Rumpole used to say; "Better a hundred guilty go free than one innocent hang!"