Monday, August 3, 2020

Outcry

Just finished watching a documentary series about a high school quarterback who was "wrongly" convicted of child sexual assault.  An interesting series, for lots of reasons that were probably unintentional.  Firstly, although he was exonerated of all crimes I still feel a big question mark is hanging over this guy's innocence - and having an entirely one-sided and biased documentary like this only emphasizes that fact.  Seriously needed more details on the prosecutorial side, and a much more balanced viewpoint to be a more effective story.  Secondly, made you think what would you do if you were convicted of a crime that you were not guilty of but you didn't like the head of the advocacy group fighting for your release - a person you've never met before.  I hated the guy who did this in the documentary, and made you really wonder what his true intentions were.  And lastly, there is only one state where this kind of story could emerge from - incompetence from all manner of parties acting in their own interests, and a child sex crime still unsolved - and that is the glorious state of Texas.  The place where I had my worst experience in America, and a place I never plan to go back to ever again.   

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