Conrad Black and The Politics of Justice by Beryl Wajsman
“If you’re going to take liberties and break the law with other people’s money, there are going to be consequences.” That, U.S. federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald told reporters yesterday, was the message of the verdict in the Conrad Black trial. Those twenty words of Fitzgerald’s are a lie. His words stand as yet another manifestation of the mania and manipulation with which the prosecution prejudiced the judicial wells in this persecution.
We got an earlier taste of it when the jury came back hung – a clear statement that the government had not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt – yet Judge Amy St. Eve instructed it to go back into deliberations and “…not be afraid to change your opinions while staying true to your firmly held principles…” That was an oxymoronic instruction and one that sent a blatantly biased signal. Find the defendants guilty of something!
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