WSDC 2022 | Quarter Final | Malaysia v China
Channel: International Debate Education Association (IDEA)
Date: 16/08/2022

The speakers have been assigned a position randomly and the speech does not necessarily reflect their view.

Malaysia (proposition) v China (opposition)

This motion has an infoslide:
Criminal trials typically end in one of two verdicts - "guilty" or "not guilty". Under Scots law there exists a third verdict -"not proven". This is typically used to indicate the jury or judge believe the defendant could potentially be guilty, but there is not sufficient evidence to convict. In a "not proven" verdict, the prosecutor has the option to retry a case, while this is not possible in a "not guilty" decision. 
The motion reads:
THP a world in which juries/judges can use a "not proven" verdict in criminal courts, in addition to "guilty" and "not guilty" verdicts.