By David Neiwert , Orcinus. Posted May 6, 2009.
The facts of the case were clear, but an all-white jury decided to let a mob of racist teens off easy.
You don't have to have been from rural Pennsylvania to have been able to predict the outcome of this case:
Some satisfied, others outraged with verdict for immigrant's death
Friends and relatives of two teens accused in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant struggled to contain their relief as not-guilty verdicts were announced on the most serious charges against the former high school football stars Friday.
Gasps filled the courtroom and some had to be restrained by sheriff's deputies as they tried to rush the defense table after Derrick Donchak, 19, and Brandon Piekarsky, 17, were acquitted of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and ethnic intimidation for the death of Luis Ramirez.
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Jury nullification in PA. tom
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