Affording an attorney...

Reese reeza at flex.com
Thu Apr 5 21:06:19 PDT 2001


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





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