Oh Where, Oh Where Has the Defense Bar Gone? Oh Where, Oh Where Can It Be?

Remember Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber who blew up an eight-year-old?  Remember John Allen Muhammad, the Beltway sniper, who used random shoppers for target practice?  Remember Zacarias Moussaoui, the Jihadist 20th hijacker on 9-11?  There was no credible doubt about either their factual guilt when they were arrested or about the mind-bending hideousness of their crimes. But what did the defense bar, finger as ever in the air, tell us then?

“The presumption of innocence is the cornerstone of our system.”  “Take a deep breath and wait for all the facts to come out.”  “Don’t rush to judgment.”  “We don’t know what the prosecution is hiding.”  “The DA wants to tack another scalp to his wall for political gain.”  “Even the most despised defendant deserves fair play.”  Etcetera.

Question:  Have you heard any of that about Derek Chauvin, who now is certainly the most despised defendant in America?  I sure haven’t.  Next question:  Why not?  Well, one might speculate that Chauvin is identified with the true Untouchable Caste in this country  —  no, not a child killer or a gleeful mass murderer.  A former cop.  No wonder the defense bar is on vacation.