Igor writes:
Is that the end of the story? I understand it that he can appeal, and will.
One of the major flaws of the Criminal Justice System in this country is that one can only appeal based on procedural issues. No one, after a trial has concluded, may ever challenge the trial verdict. They may only argue that the proper ritual was not followed, and higher courts are very reluctant to disagree with the actions of lower courts, preferring instead to state that the errors committed would likely not have affected the outcome. It gets even worse than that. Many states, Texas amongst them, have a time limit for the introduction of new evidence after a trial, even if it completely exonerates the defendent, and are prefectly willing to execute someone as long as they have been given "due process," even if it has been clearly demonstrated that they are not guilty. Thus the Sheeple are led by their politicians to ridicule the numerous often-frivilous appeals defendents engage in, irrespective of the fact that frivilous appeals are the only ones allowed under law, the defendant having no right at all to suggest that twelve Sheeple being performed for by the local prosecutor produced something other than a Biblically inerant verdict. McVeigh therefore has no chance at all at getting another hearing on the facts of the case. He might claim that the confidential attorney/client work product stolen from the defense team computer on the eve of the trial and touted in papers nationwide as a "confession" poisoned the jury pool. But even that has little luck at succeeding. The only difference between Tim McVeigh and Richard Jewell is that the government stopped the hatchet job on Jewell in midstream. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $