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...grilling of ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling is over. Next up is what prosecutors hope will be the filleting of company founder Ken Lay, who will take the witness stand Monday in the ongoing fraud and conspiracy trial...
...know, when I was in Virginia for the first part of the trial, and during an earlier visit to New York, I spoke with and even stayed in the homes of families who had lost loved ones in the attacks. And do you know what they said? While they were disgusted with things Zacarias has said, they said they, too, thought this trial was a farce. They said it was an attempt by the American government to deliver a head on a stake to answer for Sept...
...everyone is duped, you can be certain. Lots of people watching in America and around the world know this is a show trial. The families of victims know it. They told me, "We want the real people behind this. We're not going to be fooled or satisfied by this sideshow." They know this thing is heading towards a pre-determined outcome, and for political reasons. In fact, you know what happened to me recently? The son and grandson of the two people who were executed for spying for the Russians - the Rosenbergs - came up to me, gave...
...This isn't about America, or Americans in general. This is one government pushing this. It is true, however, that this trial would have been quite different had it taken place in most other countries. In fact, it might have been stopped before this stage. Had we wanted to mount the best defense possible - one that could strip the manipulation and even lies off the prosecution - we would have needed money. Lots of money. But I'm retired; I don't have any money. And in American courts, that winds up being a big factor. Especially when you're fighting...
...cases to make sure they are handled fairly and the requirement that criminal defense attorneys be sufficiently qualified to try such cases.(Investigations of Illinois? system revealed that in some death cases, defense attorneys had never tried a murder before. In other cases, the attorneys nodded off, napping during trial at the defense table...