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Shauna Boliker, Richard (Dick) Devine: FAIL

So a jury of his peers acquitted. R. Kelly of child pornography charges that have been in the system for more than six years.

Now I didn't think too much of Asst. State Atty. Shauna Boliker before this trial (due to what I perceive as her inability to coherently, succinctly, and effectively make an argument to a jury), and I wasn't privy to this trial itself, so I can't say she directly failed. I suspect she took a weak case that really never should have gone this far and did the best she could do. A better attorney might have pulled it off, she couldn't.

However, I believe Richard (Dick) Devine just guaranteed that I'll never vote for him again.

"This prosecution is one we have no reservations about."Child pornography
prosecutions can be extremely difficult in many ways--one of them being that
victims often don't come forward themselves, Devine said.Even so, he said,
charges "have to be brought."

Source: Chicago Tribune

I understand that child pornography prosecutions can be extremely difficult. However, no! No No No! Charges do not have to be brought. You build a case on what you have and what you can prove, and if you don't think you can win (which, seeing that the evidence was pretty much the video tape, and some witnesses testifying that the girl on the spot was in the video even though she denies it) you have no business bringing a prosecution to trial.

It's a waste of my money and a waste of everyone's time. It's also a waste of talent.

I know that if someone close to me was molested I'd want to go through anything to see the person who molested that person brought to trial and convicted... hopefully castrated. However, if I couldn't prove it was that person other than a feeling, or an urge to get SOMEONE, then I would have to force myself to act differently.

I may "feel" R. Kelly's guilty, but I can't prove it.

"Not guilty" does not mean "innocent."

If we can't prove guilt, we shouldn't put people through this and waste money, time, and peoples' lives. This case should not have gone to trial.

Doesn't mean we can't laugh at R. Kelly's (mis)fortune.