The problem: The display, right outside the ceremonial courtroom where the Percoco trial is likely to occur and where jurors may congregate during jury selection, highlights about 30 criminal cases — from Abscam to Bernie Madoff — but not a single one that ended in an acquittal at trial. (newsday.com)
As a result, Parliament has accepted that an acquittal at trial on an indictable offence can not be overturned unless an error of law was made. (slaw.ca)