I am not aware of the case, but I can relate to Crashfrogs scepticism.
Last week the local corner store was robbed in my city, at work I heard several people talking about it. (small city, we got nothing better to do I quess) The majority vote, as per usual, was that indians did it. Someone heard from someone.
Before the police caught the two master criminals (less than 50 in the till) I phoned the person working that night as I happen to know her. I asked about the robbery and if she recognized them - "I didnt see much, they had ski-masks"
The crooks may have been indians, who knows? The general feeling when things go bad in small town Canada is that indians did it. You may see it as a bad thing, but perhaps its good that there is a liberal group that fights for the underdog? Maybe that impartial jury has the same mentality as small town Canada?