On 2013-11-24 23:11:51 +0000, Cheri said:

>> Part of it has to do with how much money they have to spend on
>> lawyers. You need look no further than a current case that involves a
>> Kennedy relative, Michael Skakel. Yes, in spite of having the best
>> lawyer money could buy at the time - his new lawyer just got him
>> released from jail on bail by claiming his original lawyer didn't
>> represent him adequately. What a crock. He killed Martha Moxley and
>> it's as plain as the nose on your face.
>
> Yes he did.

Knowing that I know little about most "court tv drama", and assuming
there are vast amounts of information I'll never have, and further that
the "court tv media" will pimp their viewpoints over the facts (Nancy
Grace's verdict is always "guilty", then we go to trial), I feel quite
comfortable saying I don't know anything about Skakel's guilt or
innocence--and likely never will.

Every year it seems we have more folks being released after we find out
how crooked the DA's crew was, or how crooked the lab technitians or
forensic crew is. I saw all six hours of "The Staircase" last week, and
another on the West Memphis 3 last month. The Dallas DA's office was
once more crooked than not, so that reviews begun in 2001 have already
exonerated 41 convicted men.

I feel quite sure Nancy Grace would have been just as assured that the
41 men were thoroughly guilty.