Authorities say they have "forensically linked" the defendant's gun to four of the 11 cars hit. That's quite enough evidence for Governor Ducey, who already has his mind made up about Mr. Merritt's guilt, and isn't shy about saying so publicly. 

The same can be said for the police, the prosecutor and the judge who presided over Merritt's bail hearing the day after his arrest. They've all decided that they got their man and that man is guilty; so much so that they don't even believe it's necessary to afford him fundamental due process of law.

It was a kangaroo court at the Phoenix jailhouse yesterday. And the judge allowed the proceedings to be televised to the whole world.

Authorities didn't even bother to bring the defendant to a court of law. Instead they conducted a legal farce via closed circuit TV from the jailhouse. Merritt was brought out of his cell totally disheveled in appearance, shackled in handcuffs and chains, wearing a black and white striped prison jumpsuit, to stand alone in front of a counter before the closed circuit camera.