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...After spending most of World War II in a California internment camp, Robert Takasugi, 78, became one of the first Japanese Americans to serve as a federal judge, wielding his power to protect Arab communities from discrimination in the hostile aftermath of 9/11...
Miller's first trial ended with a hung jury, and the second was reversed. In the third, Judge Robert Takasugi convicted Miller of espionage. "Mr. Miller was totally out of control," said Takasugi. "I wonder why the agency allowed him to serve when it knew of his susceptible qualities...
Judge Robert Takasugi added to the jurors' skepticism when in a final instruction he told them to look carefully at Hoffman's testimony. "The judge told us to weigh his background," said |one juror. "I did, and I discarded a lot." Add to this a stumbling performance by the Government's own agents, one of whom admitted destroying or altering some of his notes on the case, and the outcome was not surprising. De Lorean was also helped by his clean record. Most jurors concluded that the automaker had been lured by Hoffman into a crime...
...District Court Judge Robert Takasugi had carefully spelled out the law on this point to the jury. Said he in his instructions: "If you find John De Lorean committed the acts charged, but did so as a result of entrapment, you must find him not guilty." Entrapment results if the idea for the crime comes from Government agents or informants, if the defendant is induced to participate, and if the defendant was not predisposed to commit the crime. According to Clarence Berman, 56, a retired environmental health inspector for Los Angeles County, some of his fellow jurors thought De Lorean...
...Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Perry for his careless testimony the day before. Said Tisa: "I misunderstood what I was being questioned about." Asked Weitzman: "Did you mean you misunderstood the question or you misunderstood the importance of what you said?" After a long pause, Tisa replied, "Both." Judge Robert Takasugi is not likely to dismiss the case on the ground of destruction of evidence...