Why aren't the Tookie fan club demonstrating this case, which seems from what I read to be a travesty of justice. Maybe there is more to the story.
Tookie killed 4 innocents to pick up a little cash. This guy defended his toddler from an overzealous cop during a break-in ...
Like you I have a hard time comprehending that this case has received so little attention, particularly if the facts are as presented. However, bloggers I respect [
http://silentrunning.tv/?p=402] and Instapundit have taken up the cause. Silentrunning has a copy of the letter he's writing to the Governor of Mississippi that sets forth facts and requests the Governor get an expedited review started. Such a course of action makes sense to me. Mississippi needs to either explain how justice has been done or quickly straighten this mess out.
I'm beginning to believe that small town politics and relationships were such that everyone preferred to let a jury turn this man loose. No one cared that Maye's lawyer didn't know what she was doing because they didn't think any jury would ever convict, much less find him guilty of first degree murder.