On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 16:06:18 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> 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.

Why do you keep bringing up Nancy Grace?

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