re: #127 Renaissance_Man

Me too, have been vocal about saying there was no way a white cop would be convicted like this. Appeals still worry me.

I’m starting to relax about that now, after reading some comments from lawtwitter. Criminal prosecutors and defense attorneys indicate that the success rate on appeal, especially for a case of this magnitude, is really fucking low. Basically, the way criminal appeals work is stacked in favor of the verdict, similar to “clear and convincing evidence” to overturn a ruling on a sportsball field. The trial has to have been fucked up in a way that materially changes the way the jury would have seen the evidence, or the appeal is denied.