[Peace-discuss] Patrick trial

[John W.]

At 04:31 PM 7/7/2006, Wendy Edwards wrote:

>I don't believe this.  It's like Champaign County's version of
>"To Kill a Mockingbird."
>
>Wendy


Except that Patrick didn't have a Gregory Peck to defend him.



>On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:21:56PM -0500, Bob Illyes wrote:
>
> > Patrick Thompson was found guilty today. This is an astonishing
> > result, and can only be explained by a degree of racism in the
> > jury that I did not believe existed in this county. There was no
> > evidence- it was her word against his. Apparently a tearful white
> > woman can have her way in court with a black man in Champaign County.
> > This does not bode well for business as usual in the court house.
> > Court Watch will be going into high gear.
> >
> > Bob