1.0 link 68482 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/why-its-tough-to-convict-_b_68482.html The picture of the knot of burly Florida boot camp guards pummeling and dragging an agonizing, shirtless 14 year old black teen Martin Lee Anderson was shocking. It brought screams of outrage nationally, and the indictment of the seven guards and a nurse that allegedly stood by and did nothing. There was plenty of reason to expect that some if not all of the guards would be convicted. Florida legislators were angered by the brutality, and though initially reluctant to...

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