Volume II No. 12
 11-15-03
 Justice For The Well-Represented
 { Thoughts On The Robert Durst Murder Case }
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2003

 Here is the scenario. A familiar one, no doubt.

 A wealthy person is arrested for murder. And in this age of tell-all tabloid
 television and 24/7 cable news, surprising and unexpected details about said
 wealthy person's private life quickly comes into the public realm.

 My, my, my. -- We really didn't expect that they were were that kind of 
 human being.

 With a special emphasis on "that."

 The recently acquitted { this week } Robert Durst was just such a person. 
 He is certainly wealthy. A heir to a New York real estate empire that is 
 worth millions. And it is that familial wealth which defined the man. Robert
 Durst was never much of a celebrity on his own account { outside of his 
 social circle } until the "noise" surrounding his murder trial made him one.

 What manner of man is Robert Durst? Eccentric in the extreme. A man who
 enjoys cross-dressing. And a person that friend and foe easily describe as 
 a disturbed soul who is a couple of cards short of a full deck. But such quirks 
 do not belong only to the rich. Poor folks live troubled lives, as well.

 But it is only when issues come into the judicial system do the advantages 
 of being wealthy become all too apparent. Robert Durst - for those not up 
 on the details of the case - was charged with the murder and dismemberment 
 of his good friend, Morris Black. In fact, everyone, prosecutor and defense 
 alike, agreed that Robert Durst did indeed "kill" Morris Black. The trail 
 centered around Durst's claim that he acted in self defense.

 We will not retry the case in this brief article. But the similiarities between
 Durst's case and O.J. Simpson's murder trial are many. O.J. had the "Dream
 Team." Durst had the "Supreme Team." And in each case money -- and good 
 trial lawyers -- won the day. Durst was acquitted because according to the 
 jury, the prosecutors could not prove that Black's murder was not in fact, 
 a case of self defense. { The jury was not aware that Durst is a suspect in the 
 disappearance - and apparent murder of a former wife. As well, as the murder
 of his deceased wife's friend.  }

 So, once again we observed as a relatively strong case involving a wealthy 
 person, fizzled away into smoke, in the face of a  whithering counter-attack 
 by a top flight defense team.  -- Is the American justice system so easily 
 manipulated?

 Perhaps.

 But, if Robert Durst were instead an unemployed construction worker defended
 by a court-appointed lawyer, would this very same jury have given him the benefit 
 of the doubt that they did this time? Is Durst deserving of a different standard 
 of justice just because he is a wealthy man? And on another point, would the 
 case have even taken as long? Murder cases involving the indigent frequently 
 take only days to adjudicate. Why do the same kind of cases involving the rich 
 go on for weeks if not months? I have never heard of a murder case involving 
 a "Debra Ann" from the trailer park, go on for days, and days, and days.

 Something stinks.

 And there is another angle to the Durst case that is disturbing as well. Remember
 when O.J. was acquitted the rage that America felt? The jury was quickly labeled
 by outraged talking heads on television as incompetent, ill-educated, and in some 
 instances, downright stupid. Because O.J. went free the American justice system
 was broken. In need of a complete overhaul. "How could such a disgusting injustice 
 happen?" People all over the country, asked.

 Where are the howls of protest this time? Morris Black is just as dead as Nicole
 Brown and Ron Goldman. Why isn't the American justice system broken this time,
 when Robert Durst used his wealth -- and his big shot lawyers -- to walk away 
 from a murder charge? In fact, some of the very same talking heads who excoriated
 the O.J. verdict { no we won't name them } meekly accept that the government
 prosecutors were outlawyered by Durst's team.

 Is that really all they have to say about the jury's verdict? Didn't the exceptional
 "Dream Team" also simply outperform Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden?

 Hmmmm..... Perhaps Robert Durst is not as frightening as O.J. Simpson { and what
 Simpson represents } is to some people.

 There is no justice like American justice. But there are glaring incongruities people
 should be attuned to. And the public should always pay attention to these show
 trials. Because who can say when a personal loved one might be sitting under 
 the bright lights some day? 

 Look for not-guilty verdicts in BOTH the Scott Peterson trial, and the Kobe 
 Bryant case. Neither jury will dare send Scott or Kobe away to the big house 
 when the whole world is watching. Not without indisputable evidence of either
 man's guilt.

 After all, they wouldn't want to make a big mistake. Now would they?
 

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