Knowing none of the details of the case, I'd bet the prosecution had witnesses ready to testify who then backed out at the last minute throwing the whole trial into disarray.
That's how it works in the 'hood. The perps friends and family pay you a visit and suddenly it's "Dinsee nuffin! Dono nuffin! Cantremembur nuffin!"
intimidation by local hood homies against witnesses....
As a person brought up in Macomb County (home of the original Reagan Democrats who led to Trumpers later) the Detroit “snitches get stitches” is between 99% and 100% prevalent. On local radio the Detroit police chief pleads with citizens to tell what they know—they don’t.
This means that it is a total Old Wild West now. Witnesses cannot speak out, cops are afraid to enter some neighborhoods,persons of color get away with murder and rape, and no one gets punished (1% who do often get plea bargained and paroled sentences). “Grief and shock from family as convicted killers get light sentences” two weeks ago.
Good FReepers, tell me again how vigilante justice is wrong but a wimpy “justice” system letting criminals out to hurt us is right.
I’ll wait.