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COLUMN RIGHT I
.EDWIN M. YODERJR.
·Tlie Jury Did
.the Job, Itself
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page, name of
newspaper, city and state.)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
LOS .ANGELES, CA
· -~.-· As for "justice," 1t fs-a-term of"homage·- oate: MON., 5/4/92
that wise judges and lawyers distrust. '!:he Edition: METRO SECTION, PAGE 7
1 outcry over the Los Angeles acqui~l
suggests a serious 11\isconception. Was it
• . the task of the trial to do "justice" ; to
Rodney King? King may have b'een den!ed TIUe: THE JURY DID THE JOB ,
., i justice, maybe even his civil rights, and if ITSELF A LOT TO ASK
l so he should recover civil damages. But the
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trial was not aboutjustic_e to Rodney King.
If it was about justice ~o anyone, it was Ctwacter:
about justice to those accused of beating C~:
him up. And they were entitled to all the Submitting Office:
usual presumptions, including the pre- I.DS ANGELES
' • sumption of innocence. . •
(Mount CUpping In Space Below)
~ • A conviction just to avoid : Appalling as the verdict was, more Indexing: J
t social turmoil would have been · _. .·· · .-sE-AR-cH~ED.::--~,:---=,No==EX::-::Eo::_-~c7_"-_-_-:;
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