Pelican Parts Forums - Nifong dis-barred. Good ridance.

Pelican Parts Forums (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/)

- Off Topic Discussions (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/)

- - Nifong dis-barred. Good ridance. (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/352431-nifong-dis-barred-good-ridance.html)

Netflix has a documentary on this "30 for 30:Fantastic Lies." Really well done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by flatbutt (Post 9081718)

Netflix has a documentary on this "30 for 30:Fantastic Lies." Really well done.

I watched it recently and found it fascinating. While I don't agree with the boys choices regarding their party entertainment, they got absolutely steam-rolled by the prosecutor, media, university and activist groups. It didn't matter whether it was true, simply "the seriousness of the charge" was reason enough to many to assume their guilt. I can't imagine what their lives have been like since night. There were settlements with every player on the team and the coach but that hardly clears their name in the court of public opinion.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Usmellgass2? (Post 3329956)

I don't see it as a stupid decision making process. He was probably shocked that he didn't sail this right through the legal system, because it is common practice. It takes place ivery day in cases ranging from private land use, traffic code, on up to cases like Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidians. I remember like it was yesterday when Janet Reno claimed she was defending the children when she burned them all alive. This is the face of Fascism.

This. Every month or two, someone is set free in who was convicted of a crime decades ago in Chicago. Some evidence the convicted has been asking for finally gets looked at. I've heard of people being in prison for 20, 30, even 50 years before exoneration. This is why the standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt". Unfortunately, in most courtrooms, this usually devolves into "they must be prosecuting this person for a good reason"--and the prosecutor gets their conviction.