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Michigan

ColesCountyDem

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18. The DOJ should definitely look into the matter, if they haven't already done so.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 02:14 PM

Dec 2014

The legal hurdle the DOJ has to overcome is, in essence, that there be no evidence whatsoever that would support a state criminal conviction. Additionally, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the state, which is why there are few cases filed in circumstances like this present one.

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Convicted With No Evidence by an All-White Jury, Black Community Leader Faces Life in Prison [View all] marmar Dec 2014 OP

Kick.... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

K&R for more visibility. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #3

Seems like the juries should be of approximately the same racial Trillo Dec 2014 #4

This is going to have to go to the dancing Supremes, unfortunately Demeter Dec 2014 #5

K & R! LovingA2andMI Dec 2014 #6

Obama should issue a pardon. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #7

Unfortunately, he can't, since the convictions are for state, rather than federal crimes. n/t ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #8

Then there needs to be a civil rights case. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #11

The DOJ should definitely look into the matter, if they haven't already done so. ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #18

That's a distortion of Batson v Kentucky which found in favor of the defendent... PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #9

In Michigan, the Republicans... JackHughes Dec 2014 #10

Interesting that in a city that's 90 percent black they managed to empanal an all-white jury. Shrike47 Dec 2014 #12

Michigan is becoming Mississippi North world wide wally Dec 2014 #13

That is the plan. Then Ohio. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #16

interesting how he is a "black community leader" hfojvt Dec 2014 #14

He certainly has a bad past, and I wouldn't want to know the guy, but a life term seems extreme. C Moon Dec 2014 #17

any comments on the current case? noiretextatique Dec 2014 #19

I am commenting on the JOURNALISM hfojvt Dec 2014 #20

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #15