Why do people still care about this guy? Seriously, there are way more important things to care about. There is nothing meaningful about his case.
The case is pretty important on a number of fronts. It shows how a handful of people can manipulate the justice system. It shows how powerful the media is and how it can destroy people. It highlights how racially polarized the country can be. It's a case study in how people can look at the exact same set of facts and see entirely different things.
And one of the most outrageous parts is what the federal government can do to an individual, with impunity. They set up a website (or phone number?) asking the entire country for dirt on a private citizen. Scary stuff.
Doesn't really matter whether the guy was guilty or innocent. Any citizen should be concerned about what the government can do when it has someone (who has not been convicted of a crime) in its crosshairs.
