Technicolor_Reindeer

Technicolor_Reindeer t1_je34k2x wrote

The top comments sums it up okay:

>Sounds largely procedural - its unlikely Lee's statements will have any material effect on changing the decision to free Syed. Lee simply was not given his opportunity to be present in the hearing where the motion to vacate the conviction was heard.

>They will reschedule, ensure Lee has ample opportunity to be present, and vacate the conviction again.

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Technicolor_Reindeer t1_j8y5es2 wrote

Remember when we looked down on people in Ebola affected countries for attacking medical personnel? Yeah we owe them an apology, at least they didn't have actual politicians trying to criminalize giving vaccines. I bet we could have an ebola/marbug outbreak and the same crowd of morons would be screaming about Arby's being closed.

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Technicolor_Reindeer t1_j6o99cp wrote

Its a good movie. Unfortunately, the reality isn't so cinematic. J Edgar Hoover sent just 11 agents to the town, and not the hundreds depicted in the film, and most of them allegedly only intervened when absolutely necessary, and in some cases they supposedly stood by while beatings took place right in front of them.

Also sad to report that no klansman testicles were actually harmed on the road to justice. Instead, the FBI just did some good old fashioned bribery. The Bureau paid Klan informant James Jordan for information on what happened to the activists, and he obliged.

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