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On the recordSeptember 25, 2003
We're going to rely on juries, of course, to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual. Then following the assessment of guilt or innocence, we would look and determine is there in this circumstance the kind of hard evidence which guarantees that the verdict that has been reached by the jury is not based upon circumstantial evidence or even eyewitness evidence, but is rather absolutely convincing and compelling.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney discusses the importance of juries and hard evidence in determining guilt or innocence in capital punishment cases.

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