Justice

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because a police officer was shot
and the public was behind her. It was a case of public revenge where the mind-
set was "We're going to get the guy that did this horrible crime. It doesn't
matter that he was defending his home." This type of public revenge could
include the execution of Shively. No matter what verdict would have been
handed-down, someone, somewhere would have been unsatisfied. If Shively were
sentenced to be executed, then his family and friends would have had to fight
for justice until the day he died. As the verdict of "not guilty" arrived,
Paterson's family, many police officers, and friends of the family cried for
justice. Yet, justice had been served.
Equal and satisfying justice has always been a problem. On May 30, 1939
a group of Texas Rangers decided to ambush and murder two people they wanted
to destroy. They shot seventy five bullets into a man named Clyde and fifty
four deadly bullets into a young lady named Bonnie. Of course, this is ...

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