The thread doesn't need to be closed.

The people resorting to name calling on here need to be banned / dealt with.

Yes, I understand it was a tragedy. But this was an interesting case of how the media can shape what you believe. It was the power of discussion that lead us to believe the media is distorting this whole thing. Somebody spoke up while this was going on and demanded 'hey wait lets look at the facts, not the media'.

If you, too, analyzed all the evidence and witness accounts, you too will see that this case was exploited by the media. Guilty or not, that's for the jury to decide, and that they have. But I despised how the media painted a guilty picture rather than a neutral one.