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The state might have concluded that a prosecution of Littleton — especially if it failed , and any prosecution twenty-three years after the crime stood small chance of success — would not end the public debate over their competence and integrity but instead would inflame Fuhrman and Dunne , who had already accused the police of giving the Skakels a pass by making Littleton the fall guy . The statues of Equity and Mercy might be veiled for a moment . It might be replied that a high rate of infant mortality does not justify infanticide . Having regard to the convenience of the treasury , as well as to the resources of building , it has been thought that one half of these might be built in the present year , and the other half the next .