The Clinton administration's mantra was, "It's the Economy, Stupid." In this (pretend like we're) color-blind society where the problem is "anything but race," I say we gotta confront the problem of race straight on, and work on REALLY understanding how we got where we got, and where we want to go from here, and how to get there together.
Friday, December 5, 2008
OJ Simpson Sentenced Harshly
Got up to 33 years, eligible for parole in 9 years, for the sports memorabilia armed bullying fiasco in Las Vegas. Sure, judge, go ahead and try to convince us that the sentence isn't an attempt to rectify the acquittal on murder way back when. I bet a lot of jerks caught up in a muddled armed confrontation/misunderstanding/setup (take your pick) that's over in a few minutes with no one injured get a sentence like that.
Check out this post from Sara Wakefield at Contexts' Public Crim blog.
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