Vindication for Billy Ray Johnson
Billy Ray Johnson - a mentally challenged, 42 year old black man living in East Texas - was taunted and assaulted by a group of white teenagers. He was taken and thrown in a ditch on a mound of fire ants and next to a pile of old tires; left to die.
But he barely lived though he suffered permanent brain damage.
Under the East Texas criminal justice system, only two of the perpetrators were punished - one got 60 days and the other 30 days.
Fortunately, Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center took Johnson's case on a pro bono basis. And now ... a civil jury awarded Johnson a $9 million verdict against the two non-settling perpetrators.
ABC News has more.
Don't expect this case to get the same coverage on the right as the Duke case.
But he barely lived though he suffered permanent brain damage.
Under the East Texas criminal justice system, only two of the perpetrators were punished - one got 60 days and the other 30 days.
Fortunately, Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center took Johnson's case on a pro bono basis. And now ... a civil jury awarded Johnson a $9 million verdict against the two non-settling perpetrators.
ABC News has more.
Don't expect this case to get the same coverage on the right as the Duke case.
posted by Macswain at
11:08 PM
1 Comments:
That's really disturbing.
But nowhere near as important for Fox to talk about as Anna Nicole Smith.
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