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Scruffy1

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6. That has been on my mind ever since reporting started on this case.
Thu Nov 25, 2021, 02:58 PM
Nov 2021

As an investigator one of the murderers would probably know of or be an accomplice of any corruption or malfeasance involved. That fact that she was active in preventing his arrest smells to high heaven. The DA who took over the case after she recused herself also refused to bring charges with undue haste and little investigation. I highly recommend the book "Devil in the Grove" by Gilbert King for a look at how corrupt and racist local governments can be. The four victims of this tragedy were just pardoned after 72 years. Whenever I think of similar cases I can't help but comparing our current Supremes to judges like Joe Douglas and Thurgood Marshall. Marshall spent years defending clients with no money in racist backwater places and argued many cases in the supreme court. He was lucky not to be murdered. Our current crop has no criminal defense experience. The last one appointed had never even practiced law. I think that to them law is just an academic exercise.
I am not really celebrating the jury's decision. It was a good thing, but if one of the defendant's lawyers hadn't made the decision to make the video public or if there was no video they would have probably walked.

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