both of those are matters of public record, as determined by admission and/or jury verdicts made after examining direct evidence
I specifically chose examples where I believe this is not the case. As I understand the situations:
Polanski has pled guilty to some of what I accuse him of. He denies other parts, which he has not been tried for. I don’t know in what parts of the process a jury would have been involved. (Also, the guilty plea was part of a deal, and I think plea deals have a substantial rate of false confessions.)
Simpson denies it and was famously acquitted by a jury. He was later found liable in a civil trial. I don’t know if a jury would have been involved in that.
increases the chances of successfully prosecuting the case (in court or otherwise) against the person you believe to have committed this crime.
Prosecuting the person is not my goal here. If I do think about the effect of me-saying-something on the chances of the person getting convicted, my guess is that the effect is probably tiny but more likely to lean positive than negative.
If you think the effect is likely substantially negative to the extent that it’s worth getting legal advice, I’d like to hear more detail.
I specifically chose examples where I believe this is not the case. As I understand the situations:
Polanski has pled guilty to some of what I accuse him of. He denies other parts, which he has not been tried for. I don’t know in what parts of the process a jury would have been involved. (Also, the guilty plea was part of a deal, and I think plea deals have a substantial rate of false confessions.)
Simpson denies it and was famously acquitted by a jury. He was later found liable in a civil trial. I don’t know if a jury would have been involved in that.
Prosecuting the person is not my goal here. If I do think about the effect of me-saying-something on the chances of the person getting convicted, my guess is that the effect is probably tiny but more likely to lean positive than negative.
If you think the effect is likely substantially negative to the extent that it’s worth getting legal advice, I’d like to hear more detail.