Shane Foster, 21, of Bogalusa Louisiana, is accused of trying to cover up a shooting his father Raymond Foster allegedly committed last November.
The elder Foster is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing a Ku Klux Klan recruit who changed her mind and wanted to go home.
The younger Foster is charged with obstructing justice. But in April State District Judge Reginald Badeaux ordered Shane Foster be tutored for 90 days by a forensic coordinator after a court-appointed psychiatrist said Foster didn’t understand the difference between guilt and innocence.
Dr. Michael Garriga said Foster had “cognitive deficits,” and was “mildly retarded or a little bit above that.” Dr. Garriga said Foster didn’t understand his legal rights or the roles of judges, attorneys, jurors or defendants.
On Tuesday Judge Badeaux granted Foster another 60 days tutoring after both the prosecution and defense attorneys agreed he still didn’t get it.
It seems to me this also could apply to a lot of prosecutors whose sworn duty, to see that justice is served, has been replaced by getting a conviction at any cost. They’re more interested in keeping score than keeping the law.
I think the KKK is vile, but I believe there are plenty of other folk out there, too, who don’t know the roles of judges, attorneys, jurors or defendants.
Many of them, I believe, clearly understand the difference between guilt and innocence. That difference, however, has ceased to be their prime motivator.
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