It has to go to trial. They’ve already found him guilty. They need to make it official.
It has to go to trial. They’ve already found him guilty. They need to make it official.
That's been my guess all along. The state is in the position of a fool who's talked himself into a corner, and now chooses to make wilder and wilder assertions rather than back up, admit the facts, and apologize for having been mistaken.
Playing the race card is every bit as stupid today as when George Wallace stood in the school house door and proclaimed, "Segregation today! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"