Of the 20 or so episodes I've seen of the television program this one is, by far, the most biased. Holy smokes, this is much against one man that the viewer NEVER - in the entire 60 minutes - ever hears one thing positive about the accused. This show set out to defame small-town judge Daniel McDonald right from the get-go.
Obviously, the guy was guilty of killing another man, but at least show us some semblance of professional, neutral reporting! This is embarrassing "journalism." Narrator Keith David also gets in the program's liberal digs at "law and order," a phrase Liberals have hated for decades. They mention the killer's "law and order" stance a handful times and several times add statements about the "conservative" town. Funny, but with one exception (Berkeley, Ca.) they never mention a town being "liberal." This show paints Darlington almost as bad as they paint McDonald.
Anyway, it's a story of a man abusing his power: a judge in a one-judge town getting carried away with his authority and then snapping when he finally loses that authority in an election. The inference in this program is that McDonald wanted to kill the man (Bill Johnston) who beat him in the election and that the victim, James Klein, was simply "somebody in the wrong place at the wrong time." Was this a Ron Goldman-Nicole Simpson-type killing? Whatever, it shows a man who gets totally unglued at his trial, switches his defense stance numerous times and then has fits after the verdict.
It's all very ugly and unpleasant to watch.....and a pretty sad case when a judge beats something to death with a lead pipe and knife.
Obviously, the guy was guilty of killing another man, but at least show us some semblance of professional, neutral reporting! This is embarrassing "journalism." Narrator Keith David also gets in the program's liberal digs at "law and order," a phrase Liberals have hated for decades. They mention the killer's "law and order" stance a handful times and several times add statements about the "conservative" town. Funny, but with one exception (Berkeley, Ca.) they never mention a town being "liberal." This show paints Darlington almost as bad as they paint McDonald.
Anyway, it's a story of a man abusing his power: a judge in a one-judge town getting carried away with his authority and then snapping when he finally loses that authority in an election. The inference in this program is that McDonald wanted to kill the man (Bill Johnston) who beat him in the election and that the victim, James Klein, was simply "somebody in the wrong place at the wrong time." Was this a Ron Goldman-Nicole Simpson-type killing? Whatever, it shows a man who gets totally unglued at his trial, switches his defense stance numerous times and then has fits after the verdict.
It's all very ugly and unpleasant to watch.....and a pretty sad case when a judge beats something to death with a lead pipe and knife.