This is Daniel Holtzclaw. The reason why he looks so unhappy because he has been convicted of eighteen sexual assault charges. And the reason why he doesn't look unhappier is because he could have been convicted of thirty-six sexual assault charges. And did I mention that he was an on-duty police officer while he was doing all that sexual assaulting?

He came up with a very clever scheme: pulling over black women in the poor part of town and attacking the ones who either flunked intoxication tests, possessed illegal substances or had arrest warrants pending. The alternative to being attacked was being arrested, and the women didn't report him because being poor, black, and subject to arrest, they very likely wouldn't be believed.

A very clever scheme. But then Holtzclaw blew it.

He pulled over a black woman who just happened to be driving through the poor part of town. She had no police record, showed no signs of impairment, and had nothing illegal in her car. But instead of sending her on her way, Holdsclaw attacked her. Well, you wouldn't believe what she had the nerve to do -- immediately drive to the next town and report him to the police! And to make matters worse, Holtzclaw's jury, despite being all white and two thirds male, had the nerve to believe her plus seven of the other twelve women who came forward and testified!

So there seems to be some validity to my "only nice girls deserve justice" theory. But all is not lost for Holtzclaw: since only one of his victims was "law-abiding and respectable," that might be enough for the judge to allow him to serve 78 years just to qualify for parole!