Judicial Injustice

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"Reactions to the verdict in the 1992 Rodney King trial ranged from sober dismay to outright hostility. In the 12 months following the riots that ensued, pundits and public alike pointed fingers of blame at different parts of our judicial system--and, indeed, at society at large. The essential problem, most critics said, lay not just in Los Angeles, but at the very core of our understanding of law and law enforcement. To perhaps a majority of Americans, the King trial evinced a failure not so much of people but of institutions. We had witnessed a profound systems failure, and one with national repercussions.


Such a reaction was both understandable and misguided. The pessimism was predictable in that the verdict presented many Americans--especially minorities--with a grimly visible reminder..."

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