Our constitutional right to a fair trial is at question.
Word on the street says in court of law that it is not "right or wrong", but "win or lose" that counts. This cynical statement reflects a certain realistic understanding of how things work in a court of law. . . but is being questioned more and more. Questions are raised by organizations like The Innocence Project, videos like The Making of a Murderer," books like The innocent Man by John Grisham, and songs like Hurricane by Bob Dylan.
All raise questions about the corrosion of our constitutional right to a fair trial.
Bob Dylan wrote a song called Hurricane about a boxer, Rubin Hurricane Carter, who was framed in 1976 for a murder he did not commit. The story-song sounds a lot like the case of Don Siegelman, and countless other innocents who were intentionally framed and went to prison :
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
Click here for the full lyrics and and an MP3 recording of the song Hurricane by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy.
Link hereto view a video featuring the Dylan song and telling the story of Rubin Hurricane Carter, the subject of the song.
