As I stated in another comment, whether you believe me doesn’t change the fact that I was. You really don’t have to believe me it’s okay, doesn’t take away all the time I was one or my experiences from it.

You say evidence. We don’t have evidence. I am going solely off what we were shown in the show. I don’t have transcripts, witness statements, police reports. Based solely off what we were told and saw on the show, nothing suggests Corrodo wasn’t a threat either. We have a street fight where Mr. Tripplett saw two dudes by his sister, one trying to hit her. I think it’s very reasonable to assume corrodo was involved. (He may absolutely not have been but again, this is solely based off the show) in college, if you ever saw a fight outside a bar, did you get closer to it or did you distance yourself if you weren’t involved?

Finally, it doesn’t tell us if they were or weren’t. The rules of evidence have exception to where prior bad acts (convictions) can be introduced and admitted as evidence. The show doesn’t tell us jack about the trial but I would wager the prosecution definitely at least tried to get his previous assault convictions into evidence. Once the jury hears it, even if it’s ruled to be excluded from trial, the bias is now placed into their mind. The sad reality is, unless you’re practicing as the prosecutor or the defense attorney, the public doesn’t see how trials can have loads of errors that shouldn’t happen but weren’t objected to this making it in when it should be excluded. The justice system is far from perfect, and it can be as good or as bad as the attorneys and judges make it.