Michael Jackson was acquitted today of all 10 counts in his child molestation trial. What a crock. He's going to continue to molest little boys and I feel sorry for those children he will continue to abuse. The defense did their job of raising a reasonable doubt. I think we might hear about this again.

On the race relations front, the Senate apologized to black Americans today for lynchings in the the U.S. and more specifically, for not making lynchings illegal sooner. Thousands were lynched and numerous attempts were made to pass laws to stop it. Sadly, legislation didn't make it until much later.

In the same thread, Edgar Killen goes on trial for actual murders depicted in the movie "Mississippi Burning". Killen is in his 80s and has the support from such colorful individuals as the Klan. Killen's defense attorneys aren't too happy the Klansmen showed up to offer their support. This certainly doesn't help his chances of a fair trial.

Once again, in the same thread, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas murder conviction because the black defendant received a jury trial, but with only one black individual on the jury. Apparently, the city of Dallas, Tx doesn't like minorities on its juries. It was actually a matter of city policy in the 70s and 80s. Why are we trying Killen again? Why does the Senate apologize for the lynchings? We've come along was in some respects from the crime perpetrated like lynchings but the underlying feelings are obviously still there in some cases. We must work to help this situation in the future. Future generations don't deserve the hate of the past.

posted by Stithmeister @ 10:14 PM
 
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