he day morals and ethics were taught. The next question that comes to mind, is where do the parents of the victim come into the picture? Do they sit back and take one of the two above-mentioned roles, or do they press for the apprehension of the truly guilty party? It is also disturbing to know that when a decent person finds him or herself sitting on these racist juries he or she may not have an option on the verdict due to fear from threats. Even if they do vote not guilty, the jury will be hung, and the suspect will be tried again and again until a guilty verdict is reached. For the African-American suspect almost always in the past, and still in some cases today, being accused is the same as being guilty. The evidence presented in the first trial seemed to be nothing more than circumstantial, and the evidence presented during the appeals seemed to clearly show that Clarence Bradley had nothing to do with the murder. It was obvious that the other janitors knew this, and also at least knew who was involved. I would think that after they kept changing their stories suspicion would fall on them, especially when they started accusing each other and the other witnesses came forward. The fact is all of this information was ignored to my disbelief. Before I got to the end of the reading, I was far from certain what the outcome would finally be for Bradley. It was lucky for him that the case drew some public attention and the unbiased Judge Picket. Still the outcome was uncertain. I could not believe that after Judge Pickets ruling it would be two years before the Court of Criminal Appeals would finally pick up the case. This case did finally have a happy ending, but this was not the case in the last two short trials discussed at the end of the reading. These cases showed how sure even the suspect was that he would be found guilty. It is certainly a tragedy when someone feels that they have to plead guilty even though they wer...
