I know it probably wasn't your intent, Ann, since the headline in one of the stories below uses these words, but it always annoys me when someone terms an acquittal as the defendant having "walked free" (and a win on demurrer is as much an acquittal as a verdict of "not guilty").
The system worked.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/...rts/horse7.php
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3016703.ece