Well, the title of this post speaks to the attitudes of most Western New Yorkers. They feel cheated, because Corisanti walked, because he spent millions on a defense team. Not because he was innocent.
However, my opinion is, "You win some, you lose some." A recent case involving a poor journalist facing a possible year in jail for filming a police officer shows that even a poor person can see justice (Partially).
Of course, this doesn't change the fact that Corisanti killed a girl because he was drunk, and driving. And, many claim the jurors were asleep, or just not paying attention.
But, given my recent experience in court (Which is nothing like "Law and Order"), a jury is very restricted in what they can apply in a case in regards to evidence, and since our criminal system is based on a principal of "Reasonable Doubt", a jury must be 100% convinced a person is guilty. If there is any doubt, then they can not rule "Guilty".
And, with the huge sums of money poured into the defense, they were able to create doubt. So, we need to place blame where it needs to be: The DA. They failed to build a rock solid case, which should have been very easy to do; given the evidence. And, since they failed to eliminate all doubt, Corisanti walked.
So, don't blame the jurors. Don't blame the defense. Blame the DA.
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