Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr
ane ever murder trial time is an invisible but crucial player for both sides. sometimes it hurts a case. memory fade, evidence is lost, witnesses die. but time can also put evidence in a new light. such was the case in the trial of stephen scharf, accused of killing his wife nearly two decades ago. there is no statute of limitations on murder. the prosecutor promised the evidence would tell a story as simple as it was brutal. a husband determined to avoid a costly divorce lured his wife to the edge of a cliff and forced her off it. if he has lied, he is guilty. the state martialed some familiar facts to tell its story, starting with the crime scene, where the prosecutor said the cliffs show nee sign of an accidental tumble.