P.S. The above rant could also be applied to Whorealdo
Maureen Faulkner, the widow of the 25-year-old policeman Abu-Jamal gunned down, appeared on CNN's "The Point with Greta Van Susteren," the evening Yohn's decision came down. She described a painful twenty years spent in and out of the courtroom, waiting for Abu-Jamal finally to be executed. "What people don't realize," she explained, "is our family when we go into the courtroom, we are screamed at."Upon hearing this, van Susteren, an inexplicable holdover from CNN's pre-Walter Isaacson days, badgered Faulkner about fairness: "Maureen, if indeed--I mean, this decision by this judge today can be reviewed by a federal court of appeals. But in the event a federal court of appeals agrees with this trial court judge that the sentencing process--not the verdict but the sentencing process--was unfair, do you want the system--do you want this to be fair, even though obviously this is terribly tragic for you?"
Twenty years, a lengthy trial, numerous reviews, a media maelstrom, insults from wackos, and lest we forget, a dead husband. And all Greta can think to ask is, "Do you want this to be fair?"