You won’t be giving up ‘cue on this diet, will you?

So does this mean you’re gonna quit looking for Carolina game tickets for La Shawn?

Heh. :-}

Defense agrees to postponement and sound very excited about it. Go to WRAL for story.

Kemp

Tate, that’s what clued me in on how and why this thing was likely to unravel for Nifong, very early in the case. When Joe Cheshire and Wade Smith went public with the SBI’s DNA results, I knew they were confident in their clients’ defenses. Then when it became known that Nifong wouldn’t even give them the time of day to sit down and talk about the nature of the evidence the defendants had, I knew something was very, very odd — and much different than what Newsweek, the Durham Herald and the N&O were portraying.

Nifong’s getting his just deserts for thumbing his nose at collegiality with his fellow members of the bar. You can avoid a lot of troubles in the practice of law if you remember to follow common sense, shoot straight about your case and observe common courtesies. Truth be known, there’s hardly anything worse for a lawyer in a trial practice than to get a reputation as a bastard who won’t do the right thing, starting with the simple things, like professional courtesies.

There is one thing worse, though — and that’s to get a reputation as a lawyer who can’t be trusted to say and do the right thing with the evidence and shoot straight with his/her word to the Court and colleagues of the bar.

After all, how can you enjoy a decent lunch in the local barbecue joint if you know colleagues are looking at you with scorn? I suppose you can if you’re callous enough, but geez — that’s the kind of life attitude that’ll get you a visit from three ghosts on Christmas Eve …..

TaterCon

Amendment VI

“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence”.

“We are very excited to have professional prosecutors who are willing to sit down and engage us in conversation, who are willing to fairly look at the case,” Cheshire said. “That’s all we have asked for since the very beginning, so we are excited that we are engaged in the professional process.”

I still can’t believe Nifong refused to meet with the attorneys to get their side of the story. What an idiot…

As for the plane ticket, what if Kempx comes up with the Carolina-Dook game tix he’s been seeking?

TaterCon

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1183786/

“A scheduled hearing for the Duke lacrosse case has been postponed as defense attorneys met with the new prosecutors assigned to the case on Tuesday.

“Tuesday’s meeting, which lasted two hours, was the first time the two sides have met to discuss the case. After the meeting, defense attorneys Joe Cheshire and Wade Smith said the discussion went well and they look forward to working with the new prosecutors.”

Clemency_Information@pap.state.ga.us

State Board of Pardons and Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4909

Telephone: (404) 656-5651
FAX: (404) 463-6627

(Chairman : Garland R. Hunt)

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2007/01/28/metlegeye0128a.html
By Carlos Campos
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 01/28/07

“Willie O. “Pete” Williams’ recent release after more than 21 years in prison on a wrongful rape conviction has put a face on an issue once again before the Georgia Legislature: faulty eyewitness identifications.

“Williams, 44, was picked out of a photo lineup by a victim who testified in court that she was “120″ percent certain he was the man who raped her. But DNA evidence later proved he was not guilty of the crime.

But Evans, Finnerty, and Seligmann still remain charged…