Nancy Grace took time away from her dancing stint on Dancing With The Stars to rally the mob in condemning an acquitted person. Grace called the acquittal of Amanda Knox a “miscarriage of justice” despite the few of many (including myself) that the case was riddled by mistakes, false statements by the police or prosecutors, and open speculation. Nevertheless, in Grace’s preference for “sentence first — verdict afterwards,” the Italian jury was the outrage by looking at the evidence and standard of proof.
I have long condemned CNN’s hiring of Grace who was a disgrace as a prosecutor and an embarrassment for the entire bar.
While many of us have voiced our suspicions or condemnations of Knox and her boyfriend, we recognized the appellate decision as a victory of justice for rendering a detached and dispassionate verdict — the very antithesis of the snarling signature of Grace on CNN.
Grace’s reaction to such acquittals is quite predictable and formulaic. Grace is the Madam DeFarge of American justice. She refuses to undo her knitting even in the face of reasonable doubt or compelling evidence. Her snarling, retributive style is the draw for a very sad and very angry portion of our population.
For years, some of us have been casting doubts on the Knox case. Ironically, the Knox prosecutors were accused of the same shoddy and speculative work that often characterized Grace’s own career, who was repeatedly accused of unprofessional and abusive conduct as a state prosecutor before being hired by CNN. She often barks about a travesty of justice. Yet, justice appears synonymous with retribution in her lexicon. The result is that, in Grace’s world, justice itself is a “miscarriage of justice.”
This is why the recent clothing malfunction of Grace on Dancing With the Stars was little surprise to those who already view her CNN program as little more than a legal Burlesque show.
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@NancyFan – is that you with a Karmic rating of “-1”?
@NF – Appalachian State, Boone, NC; not to be confused w/ WVU
Here on the right coast it is beautiful. Nancy is right and you all know this as a fact. I am unaware of the term troll baiting. I know what a troll is, they live under a bridge someplace. I have never seen one, but I hear that they exist.
Jo,
Do not blow buttermilk out of your nose, it hurts and then after a while you start thinking everyone has their shoes off. This is especially true when the humidity is high.
Junctionshamus,
What is a Mountaineer? Is that a sporting team?
Yes JunctionKreskin But without the Liquid… At the time of OS’s comment I had Just swallowed my coffee and so saved myself the trouble of cleaning the keyboard. And I am planning to introduce the term Dragon Snot to my repertoire.
Oh JunctionKreskin, You were so close. It was “GO Go GO Mountaineers, Siss Boom Bah”
@Kanon – Troll-baiting, the sport of Kings!
Wich iz dummer? Duhh, Iduhno? Is it trolls, troll-baiting, or those that watch and opine… 😉 <3 (Obviously a slow news day in Western Colorado.)
@Jo – Is it that same noise when milk (or worse, grape soda), shoots out your nose like creaming, steaming dragon snot?
Nancy Fan,
Debase her character? No, no. Nancy does a fine job of that herself.
@Jo – Hmmm – GO MOUTAINEERS?
It just keeps gettin’ better -n- better.
Gene H.,
How can you say that and then live with yourself. Ms. Grace is expressing the views of a lot of folks. I think she is still a good person deserving of respect. I am hoping that you can look long and hard to come up with a better reason to debase her character. I see similarity between your statement and Italian Killer getting away with Murder. She had to be there to know what all transpired. Why else would she blame that black person? She claimed to have been watching a movie, where is the proof?
OS, how do you spell that noise that you make kind of behind your nose that if I were drinking coffee would have involved me cleaning my keyboard? This is the most fun I have had in a great while.
Jesus Christ, I don’t know who is dumber, Nancy Fan, or you smart jackasses engaging with such an obvious troll?
Jo, that was a Freudian slip if I ever saw one: “…your grimmer…”
Oh Jo Your spelling………. Figure it out.
OH Jo Your grimmer is atrocious. In the above sentence above “How can you lower in status, esteem, quality or character and as….” It should read “How can you lower Nancy Grace in status, esteem, quality or character and as….”
I was personally hoping that Nancy was too busy dancing to put her feet in her mouth at the same time, but apparently she’s just that good at making herself look like a fool.
Nancy Fan,
The trial comes before the sentencing. You should remind your vapid beloved of that. And before you say anymore nonsense about being against Nancy Grace because she’s a woman, let me clear something up. I have no issue with her gender. There are many fine women in the field of law (such as Justice Ginsberg). However, Nancy isn’t in the law business. She’s in the entertainment business.
My primary objection to her isn’t her sexual plumbing, but rather the fact that she’s a clownish idiot who is a disservice to all the hard working and competent members of the legal profession of either gender.
It’s really the same objection that I have to Geraldo Rivera (a male, law educated, entertainer and general buffoon).
So it’s not sexist in any way.
Junction, It is amazing.. My nickname has been Jojo since I was a child And I have often used the nickname Jojodarlin’ online. The amazing JunctionKreskin. OK Ok now tell me what I’m thinking.
*Screaming with laughter* Just about peed myself with that one. Oh and BTW to use a rude word about one woman as Junction did does not debase women. And as far as debasing Nancy I’ will refer you to the Merriam-Webster definition of debase. ….
.Definition of DEBASE
transitive verb
1
: to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
2
a : to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content
b : to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit)
How can you lower in status, esteem, quality or character and as far as exchange NancyI have heard that certain bits of Guano can be polished up, encased in a transparent resin and worn as jewelry. Maybe of equal value there but I don’t think Nancy can be polished up that good.
Junctionshamus,
I am sure at your age that is probably a good ideal.
Jo,
Yes, my strap on serves me well. It is always dependable. You should be so lucky.
@ Jo – JoJo, you are my Darlin’ my hero/ine. I laughed so hard, well… It’s back to the urologist, dammit…