One of the most unfortunate aspects about the American Judicial System is that it is politically influenced.
In Australia, our DA's are hired, not elected. The general public has barely any idea who they are, and they are a Government Department, not just one man. Our local government has been known to overturn the Public Prosecutors rulings, too, if there's a public outcry. They are answerable and transparent to the taxpayer.
In America, they lobby for and win the position.
This means that your DA's are first and foremost, politicians, with all the vote grabbing hidden agendas that entails.
AH was covering his own butt, in my opinion, and I know I'm right because I just am.
His decision was not transparent, would not happen in another system in the first place, and was made with "my next election" vote grabbing in mind.
He knew the general public (back then) did not want the Ramseys to be guilty. It upset their idea of the world. Simply put, no one could accept that two nice rich white folks could be so depraved, and AH chose to coddle that belief, in exchange for votes. We see that denial on this thread even today, and he just took advantage of it.
Also, who knows what strings JR pulled. People don't seem to appreciate just how incredibly wealthy and powerful he was in Colorado at that time. He was extraordinarily well-connected, politically...he even had support to run recently for public office.
There are a few too many politicians in this mess for my liking.
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