There is a difference tho, between letting a guilty man go free (OJ) and putting an innocent person in prison. I hope this jury isn't as vindictive against the white defendants as OJ's jury was against the white victims/white cops.
uncitizen,
Even with most people if they're biased or have decided one way - it's very difficult to move them.
Remember, the DA will have experts too (people will be coming out of the woodwork to be involved with this case).
The have confisicated computers from these kids, they are going to find stuff on there. It'll be blown up and out of proportion. They will find people in the kids past to say they used the N word or said this or that. Hell, they may have typed it on their computer.
If Lise Wiehl, Susan Filan, etc, etc. can make excuses for this woman and change the story from the woman's own account to make things fit, I think people that have already heard so much in their own (black) community about the horrors of this case will have no problems selecting the theory that is less likely to have occured.
When my middle son, my challenge child, was involved in drugs, (meth to be specific) my biggest fear is that he would cross the line of no return and end up in prison.
I was not afraid of his psychotic outbursts when he was tweaking
I was not afraid of his aggressive behavior
I was not afraid of any dealer whose name I gave to my SWAT friend
I was not afraid of the monster my loving son had become
I was not even afraid of him dying, because I looked him in the eye and said when we put you in the ground,I will be able to say I did all I could do.
What terrified me, what kept me up nights was the sound of the bars closing behind him if he did not hit his bottom before that..
My long winded point is I can only begin to imagine the fear of a parent when their child is facing prison for a crime that did not happen.
Son is doing well, rolled up, pled out and has been clean for about 2 years. Still do not trust him as far as I can throw him, but he understands that.