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...Blair's case for war rested, but which don't appear to exist. Last week's report concluded that Blair took Britain to war on a false premise - but he's not to blame. Nor, as it turns out, is anyone else in particular. This was the exquisitely balanced verdict of Robin Butler, Britain's former chief civil servant, whose supple mind, service to five Prime Ministers and intimacy with Whitehall folkways fully earn him the title of mandarin. And so Blair made yet another miraculous escape - wounded, yet still alive for now. Mandarins don't gun down Prime Ministers...
Though most jurors thought there had been abusive incidents, many were reluctant to dismiss their doubts. But each was a tough, rational New Yorker through and through, determined to stick it out until we reached the right verdict. After a while we cajoled the bailiffs into getting us coffee and cookies, and at some point that afternoon, we agreed that there had been a robbery, but that we didn’t have enough evidence to convict on the two weapons charges (though some of us grumbled at that). Four counts down...
...said, “if he took the stuff from Ariane he must have scared the shit out of her. If he scared the shit out of her, he must have scared the shit out of her sister.” Twenty minutes later we had our verdict...
...government to prove the allegation that Martha and Bacanovic lied about the pre-existing arrangement, the charge of creating a false document against Baconovic was the only one the jury didn?t convict on. But Martha's lawyers argue that Larry Stewart's testimony influenced the verdict. Last Thursday, judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum denied the motion and with it the defendants? last and best chance. Now, their only hope is an appeal...
...grateful that the jury heard all the evidence and answered this horrible, violent crime with a verdict that held the defendant accountable and spoke for this woman who had been victimized,” Procopio said...