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...Francis attracted the birds, others attract high-profile felony trials. Last week a Florida courtroom bore witness to a scene photocopied from the one that riveted a nation in 1995: O.J. SIMPSON mouthing the words thank you to a jury that had just rendered a not-guilty verdict. The charges this time were battery and auto burglary. Simpson's neighbor Jeffrey Pattinson alleged that the former NFL star ran a stop sign, nearly causing an accident, went verbally ballistic on him when Pattinson honked his horn and finally yanked his glasses off. Simpson said Pattinson drove up behind...
...judges refer to them openly as "traitors." No private lawyers will represent them, and their government-appointed attorneys put up little or no defense. Palestinians arrested for collaborating with the Israelis are a pitiable lot. Even relatives keep their distance, out of both shame and fear. In a Nablus courtroom two weeks ago, the nephew of a Palestinian official assassinated by the Israelis beat up a relative of the collaborator on trial for helping carry out the hit. But the simple allegation that one is a collaborator can be a death sentence. This year suspected collaborators have been shot...
...Einhorn, wearing blue jeans and a tunic made by Flodin, strolled into the Bordeaux courtroom Sept. 2 as if there had never been a body in the trunk or a pack of hounds on his trail or 16 years on the lam. He looked healthy, untroubled, his face ruddy. He played with a silver goatee and casually acknowledged Flodin, who smiled from the back of the courtroom, wearing a bright layered getup that looked as if it were stolen from the closet of Pippi Longstocking. The Unicorn had had a long time to write himself a new speech...
...fact of the matter is that all law enforcement uses polygraphs. In my opinion, if it is performed by a person who is highly trained and expert, it is very informative tool. But though it should be used for investigative purposes, it should not be used in the courtroom. It is a good, useful technology but it's not perfect...
...ultimate surrender stunned the world for its utter lack of drama. The magnitude of what it represented was even more staggering: a tyrant who for years mocked the values of civilized nations is now in the international community's custody. When he appears this week at the U.N.'s courtroom in the Hague to hear the charges against him - which include crimes against humanity and violations of the laws of war - the former President will be the first head of state ever to face the reckoning of an international war-crimes tribunal...