Lawyer not charged for giving out police witnesses' addresses
Re: Kirkland police files, Jim Bell, cryptome, etc. Basically a lawyer gives the addresses of two police witnesses and gets off scott free. Well, a lil' fine from his guild. Are lawyers special objects now? http://latimes.com/news/local/la-000059505jul21.story LOS ANGELES Judge Dismisses Charges Against Olson Attorney By ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against Tony Serra, a defense attorney in the bomb conspiracy trial of alleged Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson. Serra had faced trial on misdemeanor charges that he disclosed the addresses and phone numbers of two police witnesses in a court document for Olson's upcoming case. He was scheduled to be tried July 30. The Los Angeles city attorney's office moved to drop the case after Serra agreed to pay $5,000 to the Police Memorial Foundation, <snip>
At 11:31 AM -0700 7/21/01, Subcommander Bob wrote:
Re: Kirkland police files, Jim Bell, cryptome, etc.
Basically a lawyer gives the addresses of two police witnesses and gets off scott free. Well, a lil' fine from his guild.
Are lawyers special objects now?
No, read the last line. In a shakedown state, donating to the donut fund is the way out of many a problem:
The Los Angeles city attorney's office moved to drop the case after Serra
agreed to pay $5,000 to the Police
Memorial Foundation,
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