Those estimates are based on very shaky evidence.
The prosecution must prove guilt, and the case against Richey collapsed under the weight of some very shaky evidence.
But in the end their reliance on coded writing or shaky circumstantial evidence raises doubts.
Even if there was no time to investigate, it would have been more principled to ignore such shaky evidence.
Even if you didn't consider it shaky evidence, all it pointed to was Saddam unsuccessfully asking around if he could get any uranium.
That judgment was made on extremely shaky evidence.
As for the second, his shaky evidence leads him to oscillate between two completely irreconcilable positions.
In any case, I had shaky scientific evidence on my side.
Scholars assume, sometimes on shaky evidence, that these performances represent the "Messiah" tradition of Handel's last years.
That would have been an honorable way to secure some justice in a case with shaky evidence.