[raybbr]

But the very fact that this case was brought in the first place, in an absence of serious evidence — which became ever more painfully obvious as the prosecution strained to try to come up with anything worthy of a murder trial — will be of limited encouragement as to how long this will remain America.

The truth.

As for the sickness America is suffering:

America contracted the disease on November 8, 1988

The disease became worse on November 3, 1992

On November 5, 1996 it became systemic.

On November 7, 2000 the country was given a huge dose of, what turned out to be ineffective, medicine.

On November 2, 2004 the disease received a much needed boost.

America was put on life support on November 4, 2008

Life support was removed on November 6, 2012. The patient still lives using autonomic functions. Once those have been killed the patient will die.

[wrencher]

For sure your timeline is closer to the truth. The decline of the system overall and the corruption of justice has been progressing should be measured in decades, not years. It can be attributed to 535 members of Congress, and above.

[T-Bird45]

On November 7, 2000 the country was given a huge dose of, what turned out to be ineffective, medicine.

Placebo effect from a sugar pill, IMO.