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I think this is a good response.  Perhaps if the situation of some other convicted felon was brought to this community's attention, it would voice a similar amount of support and doubt in the felon's guilt.  I tend to doubt it, but it's possible.  I think the fact of him being a Mariner might be more important than any other factor, so perhaps that's the reason for the support and doubt.
I don't think you made a good point in the main post above, though, with the "we have a black president" defense.  If you think racial bias does not exist simply because President Obama is black and Condoleezza Rice is conservative, well, I honestly don't know what to say.
Regarding the "backlash in America against a court system, and media system, that is unfair to white males accused of sex crimes," I think that does not avert racial bias, but is a factor directly motivated by it.  Maybe I'm missing the news on all the white people accused of sex crimes who are unfairly treated by the courts and media, but I can only think of the Duke lacrosse players.  It seems like they were hosed.  Taking that one case and deciding that the white man is persecuted by the court system and the media is absurd, though, in contrast to the injustices elsewhere.  Where is the backlash against a court system and media unfair to Muslims? Or immigrants? Or people without money?  There isn't a backlash, and that says something.
So when you explain, ""backlash" isn't an Angry White Male thing.  It's a simple recognition of injustice," I think you miss the mark.  It might be a recognition and opposition to injustice, but is selectively white and tellingly silent about other injustices.