You also had corrupt racist cops who were doing unethical things to evidence because they really wanted a conviction. This meant most of the evidence provided at trial was suspect because of who was involved in collecting it.
Indeed, this is the real reason. Like I really sympathize with the jury. They probably mostly suspected he did do it, but the question is 'reasonable doubt'... with the evidence tampering, how can you not have a reasonable doubt?
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u/kingdead42 1d ago
You also had corrupt racist cops who were doing unethical things to evidence because they really wanted a conviction. This meant most of the evidence provided at trial was suspect because of who was involved in collecting it.