Word: courtroom
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...Fastow?s cross-examination was also like watching courtroom drama on television. In real-life courtrooms, defense attorneys rarely get to say nasty personal things to the witness without objections from opposing counsel. But the government, reluctant to appear to be defending Fastow, sat back and mostly let Jeffrey Skilling's defense attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, have his way. "It?s like fighting a guy with his hands tied behind his back - it?s a lawyer?s dream," said one courtroom observer, former Federal prosecutor Michael Wynne...
...Petrocelli is finished with Fastow, but the defense isn't. His cross-examination will continue Monday morning, when Ken Lay?s defense attorney, Michael Ramsey, picks up where Petrocelli left off. Courtroom observers are impressed with the case the prosecution is building up and warn that keeping Fastow on the stand risks taking the focus away from the defendants. "Fastow?s testimony was dangerous for both sides,? said Houston attorney David Berg, author of The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes to Win. "If the government is smart, it will close down its case as soon...
...Still, Italians are likely to barely notice the latest courtroom tussle. In a country where guilt is always relative, politicians tend to stick around through even the thickest mud. And most voters have long ago made up their minds that Berlusconi is either a crook or the victim of blood-thirsty prosecutors who want to usurp power from a democratically elected leader. The timing, so close to Berlusconi?s showdown with former European Commission President Romano Prodi, may actually help Berlusconi by convincing some of the relatively few undecided voters that there is indeed a political motive for the investigations...
...courtroom-battle tactic led to the love-child revelation. When the defense claimed DiLeonardo's philandering had caused him to lose favor long ago with his family-focused boss, prosecutors lunged. Had not Gotti Jr. kept a secret girlfriend well into his marriage? Had not Gotti Jr. sought to emulate his father, who though revered as a family man kept a longtime lover with whom he had a secret daughter...
...takes that long for these women to get through the emotional and psychological struggles and have the financial wherewithal to do this. But often the law is the last thing they want to resort to get justice. Some have old warrants, and they might not show up in a courtroom...