R. Lynn Carlson: Just because a prosecutor loses a case doesn’t mean the law should be changed.
Animal activists hold two pigs at the Smithfield Food hog farm near Milford in 2017, which they filmed under cover of night with the objective of “exposing” injustices within the facility.Last October, I was humbled to serve on a jury along with eight of my peers in a criminal trial in St. George that lasted four days.
In court, the defendants openly admitted their actions. But it was our job to evaluate and decide if laws had been broken. After reviewing all the evidence, we decided they had not. The defendants introduced credible expert testimony from a veterinarian who testified under oath that the piglets would not have survived had they been left in Smithfield’s care. The prosecutors had the burden of proving crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. They failed to do so, and we were unanimous in reaching this decision.
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