tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post5528366057531004294..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Monday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-18172253097345347792008-05-19T20:28:00.000-07:002008-05-19T20:28:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, the new D.A. just happens to be, uh, Blac...Oh yeah, the new D.A. just happens to be, uh, Black. <BR/><BR/>I think it was Peter Jennings who said in an interview with Terri Gross, that it was his opinion that the South actually won the Civil Rights War in the 70's, even though it looked like progressives had won it in the 50's and 60's.... He may have been right, sadly.whareaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824055294445501713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-8920699348103794112008-05-19T14:54:00.000-07:002008-05-19T14:54:00.000-07:00The whole Ayotte/McLaren/other 'professional opini...The whole Ayotte/McLaren/other 'professional opinion' group of comments makes me think of something that is going on here in Dallas. This county has FREED more people due to DNA testing, than any other county in the country. I think we're at 17?<BR/><BR/>I bring this up because it's now looking like the Prosecutors and their professional witnesses were negligent, and their zeal to mark one up in the 'win' column led to a LOT of innocent men, mostly African-American men, ending up in the State FunHouse. Now, with the new DA, we're seeing a lot of those cases overturned, to the embarrassment of the county and the surviving individuals who were part of the D.A.'s offices at the time. <BR/><BR/>I just wonder if we could ever have these people held accountable for their own poor judgment, the way the athletes are, so to speak...whareaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824055294445501713noreply@blogger.com