16-05-2015, 12:17 PM
I thought Judy Clarke was court-appointed. Defendants don't get to choose court appointed counsel.
The "soft" approach to the jury does work sometimes, I've used it myself. You just have to understand which battles to pick. Do you guys seriously suppose a jury would have failed to convict Tsarnev? Saving his life would have meant more time to prosecute appellate remedies, and more time for whatever holes the government had in its case to appear.
As an example, do you truly suppose a jury would have failed to convict Oswald back in the 60's? Or that a judge would have allowed chain of custody issues to stand in the way of that freight train? Now, however, with decades of research and the patient unraveling of the evidence in that case, things are different.
The "soft" approach to the jury does work sometimes, I've used it myself. You just have to understand which battles to pick. Do you guys seriously suppose a jury would have failed to convict Tsarnev? Saving his life would have meant more time to prosecute appellate remedies, and more time for whatever holes the government had in its case to appear.
As an example, do you truly suppose a jury would have failed to convict Oswald back in the 60's? Or that a judge would have allowed chain of custody issues to stand in the way of that freight train? Now, however, with decades of research and the patient unraveling of the evidence in that case, things are different.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."