Jeff German spent decades reporting on mobsters and government corruption, but never before had someone tried to kill him. It wasn't until a cowardly politician named Robert Telles, who was unable to accept responsibility for his failed political career, chose to commit a revenge killing because German exposed the skeletons in his closet. While German will be missed, this conviction has brought justice for him and all journalists who bravely speak truth to power.
While Telles' defense argument is certainly a stretch, he did name several people, as well as a real estate firm, who could have had a motive to frame him for this murder. Even when police do their best to follow the truth, there have been cases of manipulated evidence leading investigators to pin violent crimes on the wrong people. Telles lost his argument, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't believe anyone who claims to have been set up.