This stuff of substituting one criminal, simply because he has committed other crimes, all for the lack of knowing who the actual perp was, did far more harm than some of you realize.
While everybody was concentrating on Ricci, as I have said before, the real perp was loose, having "his way" with Elizabeth.
Did it ever occur to any of you Ricci-bashers that all the news touting Ricci as the culprit was a reason the public was not more on the lookout for Elizabeth?
The Smarts made a particularly stupid mistake in pointing fingers at Ricci.