Criminal Cases that Fell apart!

RUSH TO JUDGMENT IN THE  ANTHONY AND STRAUSS-KAHN CASES?

The press told us that both high profile cases were slam dunks for the prosecutors.  Casey Anthony and Dominique Strauss-Kahn There was no doubt in the press and by the prosecutors.  Both were guilty.  Or so we were told.  From the beginning, both cases were played out in a soap opera bubble that was surrounded in a circus like atmosphere.  Cable TV and talk radio served up a daily dose of inflamed rhetoric that convicted both of the accused in the media from day one.   But what happened in both cases?  My new column  takes a look at a few of what we think to be basic American judicial premises.  Reasonable doubt,  a jury not swayed by public opinion, fair decisions by judges.  You can read my new column on these high profile, mesmerizing case by Clicking Here, or by Clicking on the flashing red box above.  And needless to say, CNN s Nancy Grace was not at all pleased with the Anthony verdict.  To get her reaction, watch below.

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