> failures and biases that played into his conviction
People are playing this up both ways.
Had he not been convicted it would have been another example of police ignoring crimes against minorities.
Regardless of the outcomes, it seems like investigators did a pretty okay job of focusing on whodunit. The only mark against them was that due to fallout from the war on drugs, their primary witness was afraid to talk to them and two other key suspects weren't provided to the court because of pending drug investigations.
People are playing this up both ways.
Had he not been convicted it would have been another example of police ignoring crimes against minorities.
Regardless of the outcomes, it seems like investigators did a pretty okay job of focusing on whodunit. The only mark against them was that due to fallout from the war on drugs, their primary witness was afraid to talk to them and two other key suspects weren't provided to the court because of pending drug investigations.