Think outlaw biker romanticism (Marlon Brando in The Wild One), the proto-American exuberance of the bracket-race circuit, the silent noir mysticism of immobile cars in lonely fields.
In explaining his decision, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals chided the prosecution for remaining "unconstitutionally silent" on the "history of misconduct" of its key witness, a Phoenix police detective.