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 of Everything for the sake of it, but Nothing's melodic and encompassing LP debut is guilty of neither." "The Boston Globe" critic Michael Andor Brodeur described the album as "a storm of shoegaze, noise-rock, and slow-core, surging together into something lovely and lethal." Stephen Carlick of "Exclaim!" commented that ""Guilty of Everything" is thus an emotional affair, but it's balanced by moments of grandness." Pitchfork critic Ian Cohen described the album as "loud, distorted and heavy, but not aggressive." Gary Suarez of PopMatters wrote that ""Guilty of Everything" offers shockingly little beyond what was already on offer by the mid-'90s", but added,