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2007-03-06 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Byron York: The Problem Is Not the Jury. It's the Case

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Posted by Steve 2007-03-06 10:58|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 From Drudge: Some jury room confusion about what exactly former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is accused of doing.

Amen exactly what is the crime here? Since Super Secret CIA Agent was secret what exactly what crime was Libby attempting to cover up when he gave testimony, and if there was no crime to cover up, why would someone lie? Seems to me that Fitz hit the ground running, ran right over the truth, and never noticed. Or maybe he noticed and didnt care because I (for one) was put off by his pre-trial comments when he knew for certain that the original crime for which he was pursuing never happened. It is as if he HAD to make something out of nothing. Never should have gone to trial.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-03-06 11:34|| 2007-03-06 11:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Jurors reach verdict in CIA leak case

They read it at noon.

Posted by tu3031 2007-03-06 11:42|| 2007-03-06 11:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

Posted by Steve 2007-03-06 12:04|| 2007-03-06 12:04|| Front Page Top

#4 From Mark Levin at The Corner, watching a Fox interview of one of the jurist:

"Fair" Trial [Mark R. Levin]

The former journalist-juror also said he and his colleagues wanted to know "where's Rove?"

And then...
Dreaming [Mark R. Levin]

As I think about it, "where's Rove" tells me that the jurors wanted to convict others at the White House who hadn't been charged. It turns out this jury was a prosecutor's dream.

Posted by Sherry 2007-03-06 13:35|| 2007-03-06 13:35|| Front Page Top

#5 lots of grounds for appeal here:

prosecutorial misconduct
judicial error

Posted by mhw 2007-03-06 14:07|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-03-06 14:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Having been on a jury once (cut-and-dried case of drug trafficking), if I had had this much trouble understanding what the charges even were I would NEVER have voted guilty. From what I've seen, I think the jurors were remiss here too.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-03-06 17:21|| 2007-03-06 17:21|| Front Page Top

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