It is interesting to hear the pundits following the “not guilty” Richard Scrushy verdict in Birmingham yesterday. A professor at Vanderbilt claimed that the government could not receive a “fair hearing” in Birmingham, since Scrushy is popular with blacks, and there were seven blacks on the jury. Others are saying that Scrushy should have been tried in New York City, where federal judges and juries are little more than rubber stamps for the prosecution. That many observers are claiming that the government had “better” evidence in the Scrushy case than it presented in the Ebbers case should give all us … Continue reading More on the Scrushy Verdict