At 10:23 AM 4/5/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 06:28:22PM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
(A quick read of Declan's description of one day of the trial sounded like Bell's counsel was trying to help, perhaps competently, and helping Bell is a tough job for anybody....)
I think that's a fair description of Day I. By Day II, though, Leen seemed to miss some obvious (to me) technical questions that could be raised on cross. I also had the change to watch him more closely, and he seems to be doing a perfunctory job. He's almost communicating to the jury (and clearly communicating to the judge) that he believes his client is guilty but has the right to a trial.
Well. As long as Bell gets his fair trial before he's taken out and shot, it'll all be ok then. Summarily, Reese