" Men weren't really the enemy -- they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill. "
It's about the Roy Criner rape/murder case in Texas and why, despite the evidence from two DNA tests, Judge Sharon Keller, writing the majority opinion for the Texas Court of Appeals, rejected a new trial for Criner. The exchange at the end of the clip between Judge Keller and producer Ofra Bikel is fascinating.
Here's a piece in this month's Harper's Magazine on the mindset and logic of conservative judges like Keller who push for finality in the criminal justice system, despite evidence of innocence. The article twice cites Judge Keller's rulings.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
