Scottish criminal law is unique in having three possible verdicts for a criminal trial: "guilty", "not guilty" and "not proven". Both "not guilty" and "not proven" result in an acquittal. The 'not proven' verdict in modern Scots criminal law can be described as an historical accident. Historically, there were no set forms for verdicts used by early juries, and their role was simply to find the guilt or innocence of the accused. The role of the jury changed when it became customary in the Justice Court to compose lengthy indictments, where facts were listed which culminated in a statement of the punishable character
Guilty Pleasures (novel) releasing in 2009. The Celebrity Cafe gave the book a positive review, calling it "engaging". Guilty Pleasures (novel) Guilty Pleasures is a 1993 horror and mystery novel by Laurell K. Hamilton. It is the first book in the New York Times bestselling series. "Guilty Pleasures" introduces the character of Anita Blake, a vampire hunter and necromancer, who works in an alternate universe where magic, vampires, werewolves and other supernatural elements exist. The novel blends elements of supernatural and hardboiled detective fiction. In "Guilty Pleasures", Anita is blackmailed by , the vampire master of the city, into investigating a series of