The author concludes the article with a statement that because the case is so poor, there may never be a trial and the "African-American community" will want to know why. Well, DUH! The statement itself explains WHY - the case is poor. It also assumes that blacks are so full of racial hatred of whites that, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that Mangum is a liar, Nodong is pandering to the black vote, and that Mangum and Nodong are both whores in their own ways, that the "African-American community" (gawd how I hate that stupid term) still wants these boys convicted evidences irrational racial hatred of whites by blacks. The statement basically amounts to a complete admission of this.
It's kind of funny that a no-account white dude like Nodong led them down a path where they now look like complete racist fools for continuing to back Mangum just because she's black and because Nodong managed to rope three innocent white guys into the defendant's chair in order to get their vote.
They got what they paid for.
I agree.
So... The thieves fall out among themselves. Poetic justice...