[colorado tanker]

The author is an experienced lawyer, but I think her status as a New York liberal is coloring her comments.

True, the evidence was bad for the prosecution, but it's all they had. It's not like they withheld anything that could have convicted.

Had the prosecutors tried the minimalist approach she suggests, there would have been howls from the race posse that they were throwing the case.

[arthurus]

there would have been howls from the race posse that they were throwing the case.

That is probably coming anyway.