INDEED, JUSTICE STORY SPECIFICALLY REMINDED THAT WHILE FORMER OFFICIALS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CONVICTION, THEY WERE — AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT — STILL… Read More »Blog No 281. After Acquittal: What Now? (Part I)
The scenes of burning buildings in Ferguson, immediately following a Grand Jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, were appalling and depressing. They were all the more so because they were not all that surprising. Could they have been avoided or contained? Perhaps. The threat of violence had been widely anticipated, and despite advance pleas for calm from community leaders, clergy and the Brown family, the anticipation may have become something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. There were numerous factors contributing to the violent upheaval, but one of them may have been a basic misunderstanding of the criminal justice process.Read More »Blog No. 53. The Flames of Ferguson and the Grilling of the DA