tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post8654142830866131183..comments2023-10-22T09:32:13.417-04:00Comments on Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog: Defense Lawyers Pound Away At "Rash, Unmethodical" Judge Bartle; Feds Respond By Saying He Did Everything By The Book Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116104602505815614noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-33715857272716638342017-01-05T20:22:21.753-05:002017-01-05T20:22:21.753-05:00This is the same paper that also somehow missed th...This is the same paper that also somehow missed the FBI agent lying and getting caught by the defense team at the Traffic Court trial. <br /><br />This is outright abuse of their power over public opinion. In our current atmosphere of political unrest, this practice has to be halted. <br />Defendants should have their attorneys sue individual reporters, as well as the newspaper, for fostering contempt of their clients.<br /><br /> Being party to hiding evidence is a crime, reporters should suffer the same fate as anyone else, this crosses the line. The public deserves more from reporters employed by one of the major newspapers in the United States. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-1020526341787675412017-01-05T16:41:58.616-05:002017-01-05T16:41:58.616-05:00I would say that change is long overdue at the INK...I would say that change is long overdue at the INKY, a new platform for the new year is needed, being unable to bring the public true and accurate facts is inexcusable for a newspaper. <br /><br />If I were the editor I would be asking why my reporters covering the trial were not getting the facts correct, they would have much to answer for, as its an embarrassment as well as misleading to the public. <br /><br /> Much like the feds withhold crucial evidence at trial ,the paper seems to be withholding crucial facts the public needs to know. I can tell you I am very disappointed in their type of reporting. <br /><br />Fake news making headlines is frightening but finding out our major source of news is distorting facts under-minds our confidence in their ability to represent all people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-45655468982521431142017-01-05T15:41:27.381-05:002017-01-05T15:41:27.381-05:00I have decided to polish off my resume and send it...I have decided to polish off my resume and send it to the federal building, I think I have this federal prosecutor job worked out. I don't know why I did not think of it before,or why there are not millions of people clamoring to be prosecutors. Imagine a job where you have the admiration of your fellow citizens, your idolized ,the public hangs on your every word always ready to follow your directions to the letter.<br /><br />This seems to be the job description, first make up an outrageous lie about say, a politician or someone that knows a politician or even someone that heard the word politician once in their lifetime. <br /><br />Next convince a grand jury that the politician cooked up a scheme to benefit himself or his family or his friends, no matter how far fetched the scheme may sound.<br /> This is the most important step, find someone of questionable character, someone that has committed a crime or has a drug problem or someone that you can promise a lighter jail sentence by testifying against the defendant. This seems to be the only play they use.<br /><br />After securing an indictment, head over to the local rag and lay out your plan, making sure to have the paper run the damaging misinformation multiple times and for any reason whatsoever to inflict damage upon the defendants character. Having them be forced to resign is always a plus the media is especially good at achieving. Making sure they drag up every indicted politician since Tammany Hall is useful.<br /><br />This seems also to be the most fun, along the way you get to threaten all the defendants co-workers, family members, neighbors, first grade teachers and mailmen with jail time for not siding with the prosecution, all the while feeding the media with new updates. Seems easy so far, you have the FBI and IRS to side with you, everyone loves the FBI, not the IRS , but the jury eats it up. Who would distrust the seekers of justice.<br /><br />The next part seems to the easiest, the trial, just show up, the judge is on your side, the jury too, having digested years of constant degradation of the defendant. Another perk, no need to dress up, its preferable to wear a well worn suit to all your court appearances, whereby proving to the jury that you are a poor public servant and justice is all that matters to you. Remembering not to look like one of those unscrupulous defense attorneys that usually show up looking smart and polished. Nothing to worry about though, jurors wonder why there are defense attorney anyway, the media said the defendant was guilty, why bother defending them. People believe what reporters write,they believe it has to be true, it was in the newspaper, no one would dare to accuse a large publication of spreading fake news. <br /><br />The best part is when you are finished being a prosecutor you jump into a large law firm as a high priced defense attorney defending defendants indicted by your former fellow federal prosecutors.<br /><br /> Image getting to tell your grandchildren of the notorious politicians you were able to wrangle off the streets thereby making life so much safer for them. No need to tell them that there were ethics boards that could have handled the matter, all the kids need to know is you saved the day. <br />Now where is my fancy resume paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-66419462782520583882017-01-05T14:54:43.234-05:002017-01-05T14:54:43.234-05:00Couldn't agree more. And to make the point cle...Couldn't agree more. And to make the point clearer, the Inquirer has not reported on any of these bail motions or provided any in-depth coverage of what happened in the judge's chambers, even though they had the same documents I did.<br /><br />Instead, they just went with the judge's self-serving talking points, that Juror No. 12 was going to hang the jury no matter what.<br />bigtrial.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188557653424544411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-80139254679477530552017-01-05T12:42:50.748-05:002017-01-05T12:42:50.748-05:00There seems to be more interest in a sports-writer...There seems to be more interest in a sports-writers ejection from a press box than a juror that could have saved a man from prison making news. I noticed in a recent article a writer uses the word unfathomable when he talked about the sports situation, what could be more unfathomable than the disregard for human life,not to mention the judicial system.<br /> I have been trying to work out why people don't care, is it because it did not receive the coverage it deserved,not on the nightly news, not a news flash on our smart phones. Did it need better descriptive wording as a heading, like the sports article and should have read "At deliberations, a failure to communicate" or possibly "The most unfathomable thing happened at the justice department today, a judge dismissed a juror that was trying to deliberate",to see if that got people outraged.<br /><br /> The writer goes on to mentions how important it is to develop a good relationship with media, that's exactly what the prosecutors have with the media now, a good working relationship. Printing the usual bogus prosecution side of a case to condemn the defendant before setting foot in a courtroom. Maybe we should be more concerned about what message we are sending Americans about their justice department.<br /><br /> The message I hear is that we have become so callous to human suffering that a man's life does not matter. Defendants that have already been condemned by the media surely must be guilty, why bother to deliberate, federal prosecutors or judges cant ever be wrong,they certainly would never condemn an innocent person just to get a conviction or use the media to enhance their case. That should seem unfathomable to the public, but its true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com