Allow me to quote Lucille from the Huffington Post:
"The jury was not given the option of (being able to bring a vedict )of murder or murder under suspcious circumstances. The alternative was an "open verdict" which I understand it to me essentially no verdict at all..There were two hold outs on the jury but all the jury needed was a majority to render its verdict.
Already the people posting to British websites are saying it was a whitewash because the judge gave the summation instead of the attorneys representing each side and that the judge's summation was completely bias, as he stated to the jury emphaticallly that it was an accident and the drivers fault. The judge went on to cautioned the jury and to take Paul Burrell's (Diana's former butler), testimony with a grain of salt because they had conveniently video taped Paul Burrell in his hotel room after he had testifed stating that he lied during court.
Burrell says he was drunk and no doubt the person he was talking to set him up, Just like this inquest was a set-up to find the dead driver guilty instead of the real murders the British Royal Family.
Just pray for Diana's soul and think of what Apostle Paul says in Romans, Chapter 12: "vengence is mine, saith the Lord."
Key Issues for the Jury's Consideration
By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter
Last Updated: 1:46am BST 01/04/2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/31/ndiana331.xml
The coroner at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Lord Justice Scott Baker, set out 20 key issues to be considered by the inquest when it began six months ago.
The issues were:
1. Whether driver error on the part of Henri Paul caused or contributed to the cause of the collision.
2. Whether Henri Paul's ability to drive was impaired through drink or drugs.
3. Whether a Fiat Uno or any other vehicle caused or contributed to the collision.
4. Whether the actions of the paparazzi caused or contributed to the collision.
5. Whether the road or tunnel layout and construction were inherently dangerous, and if so whether this contributed to the collision.
6. Whether any bright or flashing lights contributed to or caused the collision and, if so, their source.
7. Whose decision it was that the Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed should leave from the rear entrance to the Ritz and that Henri Paul should drive the vehicle.
8. Henri Paul's movements between 7pm and 10pm on August 30, 1997.
9. The explanation for the large amount of money in Henri Paul's possession on August 30, 1997 and in his bank account.
10. Whether photographer James Andanson was in Paris on the night of the collision.
11. Whether the Princess's life would have been saved if she had reached hospital sooner or if her medical treatment had been different. (It took 2 hours to get her to a hopspital in Paris.)
12. Whether Diana was pregnant.
13. Whether the Princess and Dodi Fayed were about to announce their engagement.
14. Whether, and if so in what circumstances, Diana feared for her life.
15. The circumstances relating to the purchase of the ring.
16. The circumstances in which the Princess's body was embalmed.
17. Whether the evidence of ex-spy Richard Tomlinson throws any light on the collision.
18. Whether the British or any other security services had any involvement in the collision.
19. Whether there was anything sinister about burglaries at two photographic agencies in the days after the crash.
20. Whether correspondence belonging to the Princess (including some from the Duke of Edinburgh) has disappeared, and if so, the circumstances.
The remaining possible verdicts
The jury must consider five possible verdicts:
1. Unlawful killing by grossly negligent driving of the vehicles that followed the Princess's car - principally motorbikes and cars driven by paparazzi.
2. Unlawful killing through the gross negligence of Henri Paul. The jury must consider whether the alcohol and prescription drugs consumed by Henri Paul, and the excessive speed at which he was driving, were the main causes of the crash.
3. Unlawful killing by the grossly negligent driving of both the paparazzi and Mr Paul.
4. Accidental death.
5. Open verdict.
The jury will also be asked whether contributory factors included one or more bright lights going off in the tunnel, the fact that no one was wearing a seat belt, and whether there was any lost opportunity to render medical treatment to the Princess.
