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Sharpe’s trial in 2001 became a media sensation in large part because of the revelation that he was a cross-dresser. The trial was televised by CourtTV and turned into a book (“Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe?...
With the Illinois House's vote by an overwhelming margin today to impeach Rod Blagojevich, the Illinois governor is assured of having to face at least one trial: in the state senate. But the criminal case against him is also continuing to percolate, if on a delayed schedule...
...Blagojevich's arrest. But four days ago, a federal judge for northern Illinois granted Fitzgerald's request for a 90-day extension. "The ends of justice served by the extension," according to Chief Judge James Holderman, "outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants to a speedy trial." He set the new deadline for April 7. (See TIME's gallery of politcians outed in scandals...
...that helps define the nature of all the pay-to-play politics talk. Defense lawyers will argue that politics is politics and that you can't hold someone criminally accountable for playing by the rules of the political game. Genson tried - unsuccessfully - to make the same point at the trial of Lawrence Warner, a co-defendant of Illinois' disgraced and incarcerated ex-governor George Ryan...
Whatever the defense strategy, the trial is likely to be good theater. Genson and Fitzgerald have already been trading jabs in the legal back-and-forth during the impeachment proceedings and in the run-up to the indictment. They are playing to an audience that extends far beyond a potential jury pool, says Jack Doppelt, a lawyer, investigative journalist and professor at Northwestern University. All the talk of prosecution and defense what-ifs has an effect on constituents, who in turn talk to their political representatives, who can put pressure on other public officials. And all the talk...