Trey

I’m feeling your pain, specially cuz I live in Austin. the insanity is often hard to tolerate.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1196412/

Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson Jr. said he could not believe it when he heard the two grand jurors on an ABC Television program talking about the Duke lacrosse case Tuesday morning.

“It was pretty clear to me that the jurors are in violation of North Carolina law,” Hudson told WRAL on Wednesday.

Of course, Judge Hudson has apparently not complained about Nifong lying to the court, death threats inside the courtroom to the defendants, a DA making inflamatory statements to the press, a DA withholding exculpatory evidence, an endless delay of the legal process, improper photo ID procedures, and everything else that has made Durham justice into a parody of the real thing.

But two Grand Jurors who were very careful not to reveal what went on in the jury room and only spoke about their own feelings–now that was intolerable for the good judge, and requires an immediate response…

Law schools are teaching the following to their students:

“African American jurors often have the moral justification to acquit guilty black defendants when the crime is victimless or non-violent [OR nonviolent: I suppose this includes robbing a person blind, but who cares about the real victim?].

-Adapted from “Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System,” by Paul Butler, in the December issue of The Yale Law Journal. Butler is an associate professor at the George Washington University Law School.

This past Halloween, 3 white girls were beaten by a mob of 40 black minors who yelled "We hate whites!" amongst other things and proceeded to beat two of the girls to a …

Bad I know, but then I’ve lived through the OJ trial.

Reb

Her name besmirched since the case began? Are you kidding me? If one feels bad that a substance abusing felon who stripped for a living and had sex with multiple partners in any given week is now being maligned with falsely accusing innocent young men of raping her – well, all I can say is that we are living in parallel universes.

Two grand jurors were interviewed anonymously on Good Morning America today. One says info known now would have changed his (her?) vote back then.
Other is not sure…

Not an earth shattering story, but I figured I’d try out this linking thingy Seahawk is trying to teach me….

Had a family member of one of the lacrosse defendants been in court for any reason (and especially one who had become the ’spokesperson’ for a defendant), I’m sure the press would have been there in droves. Probably Newsweek would have had a blurb about it. (”Hooliganism runs in the family!”)

But reporting all the facts about this case (including the unusually favorable treatment given the AV in her previous felony arrests; and to Kim for her theft of $25,000 and probation violations; and now to Cousin Jacki) has never been the media’s strong point…

Thanks for allowing me to post a response.