Until this week, I thought Ground Zero was as low as you could go; but, I underestimated the power of Hurricane Katrina.
Sop’s “Sunday Bonus” was intended as our collective “pass” on extending the scope of this blog to include the legal storm that hit the Scruggs Katrina Group. In fact, by the time we were up and running, the wind of that storm had broken the group apart and the Scruggs firm was “roof surfing” in the surge of an indictment.
The great lesson of Katrina, however, has been the benefits of doubt – so much so that the only certainty at times has been the storm. If it weren’t for doubt about claims handling, there would have been no justice for all who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.
The benefits of doubt balance the scales of justice. Too many are weighing the claims related to the indictment of Scruggs without benefit of doubt – and, guilt or innocence aside, injustice is the result.
Thus, I open the scales of justice here for discussion and welcome all who want to weigh in and provide the benefit of doubt.