A Murder in Namibia

A Murder in Namibia

I. The CrimeFor more than 12 years, two black American citizens have been locked up in an African jail, even though they had not been convicted of a crime. That summary of events may sound like a terrible miscarriage of justice has occurred—that two men have been wrongfully detained in a place where basic rights do not exist. The reality is altogether more bizarre. Copious evidence of guilt ought to have ensured a straightforward trial and convi…