Jim Bell Trial: Fourth Day (fwd)

[Ray Dillinger]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Ken Brown wrote:

> 
>> Leen told Tanner that all of Bell's discovery notes were at Seatac; that
>> Seatac would not release the notes without a court order, and that the counsellor
>> who would release the notes doesn't work on the weekend.  Leen asked for
>> an opportunity to recover the notes.  Tanner refused.
>
>Is this normal in US courts? Is it as biased and unfair as it sounds on
>the face of it?


This was not normal in US courts a few years ago.  It's been 
downhill, basically, since RICO was passed by the Reagan 
administration.  Fear has come to dominate law in US courts, 
and I am extremely unhappy about that.  

				Bear