Experts examine remains

The Modesto Bee ^ | August 12, 2003 | John Cote'

[Devil_Anse]

Wow, he really sounds like he was a wonderful man, Jackie!

[Devil_Anse]

Yes, Wecht or someone like that might well look foolish (to a jury of normal intelligence, oh please God, not an OJ-style jury) if contadictory statements by him are played directly after his direct testimony!

As for Lee, I think he's so slippery, he never seems to really say much of anything substantial on TV--so it'd be hard to find a contadictory statement. I bet you the minute Lee gets his first call to appear as a talking head concerning a case like this, he's probably already thinking in terms of "what can I say tonight that won't come back and contradict me if one side hires me?"

[Devil_Anse]

Yes--what you said! About good people dying, while some scumbag like Scott gets to live. But I bet 5 minutes of Uncle Joe's life was probably worth all of Scott's, as far as quality is concerned!

[Wednesday's Child]

You have mail

[Jackie-O]

Yes he was the most wonderful, tender man....he loved to sing Italian songs, that is my most favorite memory of him. He has the greatest kids and grandkids too.

[Jackie-O]

Right back at ya! ;0)

[runningbear]

LOL..... that is funny.....

[runningbear]

yeah, I thought of you on this too,,,,, but the rest to follow shortly... Geragos wants to make sure he can shore up the experts?

[runningbear]

I know, they just give that link, but no story yet... Only on the home page news..

[Wednesday's Child]

Right back to you!

[Jackie-O]

I wonder where the $ is coming from...these guys are big ticket items! I'm hoping to catch the proceedings tomorrow.

[runningbear]

Have you read this book? It sounds good.

Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office

by Gary Delsohn

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly

In 2001, Sacramento Bee reporter Delsohn spent a year trailing after assistant district attorneys as they prosecuted some of the 13,000 felonies that occur in that city in any given year. The concept is not a new one: Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon did the same thing 15 years ago with great success in Homicide, which chronicled a year's worth of murder investigations in Baltimore. New concept or not, Delsohn does a deft job of highlighting the complexities of the cases that he encounters. As Delsohn sees it, "For all the talk prosecutors like to engage in about how their number-one priority is to seek justice, not just win trials, it's numbers-trials completed, trials won, and trials lost-that mean everything." Despite this somewhat jaded view, the half-dozen cases that Delsohn tracks during the year belie this sentiment. While the verdicts are sometimes imperfect, the overall lesson of the book is that justice is, in the end, usually done. The murder cases include a bakery robbery gone sour, a doctor who throws his young daughter to her death, a drugged wacko who videotapes himself hanging his girlfriend and a Ukrainian immigrant who murders his family. Like episodes from Law and Order, each of these cases illustrates how the tactical decisions of a murder trial play out against the backdrop of very real defendants and victims. While this volume would have been served better by less lawyer banter and a tighter focus, the perennial struggle between the DAs and defense attorneys will appeal to those junkies who can't get enough of bloody crimes and courtroom drama.

Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

[Jackie-O]

Thanks for the recomendation rb...I need to sit down with a good book.

[EllaMinnow]

Thanks for the book post, rb! It looks very interesting. I just ordered a copy for my son, who is working as a prosecutorial assistant in a DA's office while he finishes law school.
But I get to read it first!

[Jackie-O]

Gonna go ninnach now...se you all tomorrow....keep me posted on the proceedings!
Nite-nite!

[Canadian Outrage]

I agree Dev. Your uncle's life was worth much. Peterson's self-serving ingrate life is worth NOTHING!! He's a bone fide POS!!

[Sandylapper]

Dang!!! I've been watching Dan Abrams and Greta. All kinds of stuff happening and everyone's leaving. Just for that, I'm not telling what I learned.

[Canadian Outrage]

You know what I remember of Lee's testimony in the OJ trial? He's standing up in front of some board and splashes some red substance on the board and says "All I can say is sumzing wrong, bluh spattr wrong"!! What the hell?

[Canadian Outrage]

Yes that does sound like a good book. I'll look for it. I love NON-fiction crime stories.

[Canadian Outrage]

Night Jackie. Sweet dreams. See ya tomorrow.