tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post122518870671016722..comments2023-10-25T12:02:18.172-04:00Comments on CasablancaPA: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHTUgartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569197600238141135noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-10691660939986037952010-08-02T08:24:43.938-04:002010-08-02T08:24:43.938-04:00Wasn't the attorney for the Bill Higgins the B...Wasn't the attorney for the Bill Higgins the Bedford District Attorney accused of raping a woman, Attorney Gleason from Johnstown whose firm and family are high officials in the Pa Republican Party? Sounds like the perfect attorney to talk Corbett into not doing a full and objective rape investigation in return for possible political favors? But then again, it was just a standing District Attorney with multiple assault convictions already on his record, why take a claim that he raped a woman in his office seriously?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-39928313403963127632010-07-30T18:58:32.013-04:002010-07-30T18:58:32.013-04:00Anonymous said...Corbett has hired Senate Staffers...Anonymous said...Corbett has hired Senate Staffers he is suppose to be investigating for Bonusgate, NOW THAT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST??? July 30, 2010 7:21 AM<br /><br />I respectfully disagree, hiring senate staffers one is suppose to be investigating, is a show of public arrogance and criminal conduct, not in the public interests.<br /><br />Corbett is putting his run for Governor ahead of his committment to protect the people of the Pennysylvania.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-46048841578782488282010-07-30T07:21:11.842-04:002010-07-30T07:21:11.842-04:00The Lizard said...
Oh, and check this out.
http:/...The Lizard said...<br />Oh, and check this out.<br /><br />http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/troy_corbett_photo.jpg<br /><br />It's picture from the Bradford County Fair of the AG's Consumer Affairs Table -- containing what clearly appears to be Tom Corbett campaign material. I wonder if he'll fire his own staff or indict himself. . . .July 29, 2010 1:02 PM<br /><br />This is why Attorney Generals, US Attorneys, and District Attorneys need to be prevented for running for higher office and have to wait 8 years before they run for anything.<br /><br />NO ONE WILL INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENCE, NO ONE WILL INVESTIGATE CORBETT BUT CORBETT.<br /><br />This is why a Special Prosecutor needs to be appointted to investigate Prosecutors Misconduct even after the election.<br /><br />Corbett should call for a Special Prosecutor if he is law abiding and has nothing to hide!<br /><br />Corbett has hired Senate Staffers he is suppose to be investigating for Bonusgate, NOW THAT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-50352675469896478002010-07-29T13:02:20.922-04:002010-07-29T13:02:20.922-04:00Oh, and check this out.
http://www.pa2010.com/wp-...Oh, and check this out.<br /><br />http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/troy_corbett_photo.jpg<br /><br />It's picture from the Bradford County Fair of the AG's Consumer Affairs Table -- containing what clearly appears to be Tom Corbett campaign material. I wonder if he'll fire his own staff or indict himself. . . .The Lizardhttp://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/troy_corbett_photo.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-84240849697447073932010-07-27T10:29:21.075-04:002010-07-27T10:29:21.075-04:00Thanks for publishing the list of law firms contri...Thanks for publishing the list of law firms contributing 5 figures to Tom Corbett, a sitting Attorney General. It may not be illegal, but it sure isn't right. Do any of them have clients with cases pending where the AG's office is involved? That would be just one step away from attempted influence, wouldn't it? The only thing different from a moral standpoint is the lack of a bag man and brown paper wrapper with cash inside.The Lizardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-14342462924574173922010-07-26T19:57:50.045-04:002010-07-26T19:57:50.045-04:00I think the media needs to know that you only publ...I think the media needs to know that you only publish what you want published. Typical communist tactics. What are you afraid of the truth that you are a bunch of convicted criminals.Stop blocking the opposing point of view MR. Blogmaster, take off the communist blog sensor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-6843652549469732522010-07-26T16:01:11.339-04:002010-07-26T16:01:11.339-04:00DeWeese hearing is just too much. Sidella testifi...DeWeese hearing is just too much. Sidella testifies he did essentially same thing as PJ Lavalle, but Sidella gets immunity. HWD testified (more than a year ago at grand jury?) that Len Cowitch did the same thing before Sidella, but Cowitch got promotions and big payraises, still on House payroll.<br /><br />At Veon trial, Manzo testified bonuses were his concept; that he and Brubaker developed the idea (Brubaker corroborated), and that Eric Webb kept the list, made up initial bonus list, etc (and Webb agreed, but he got immunity). Both Manzo and Brubaker testified they took the idea to Veon, who approved and that HWD knew too.<br /><br />So why was Brett charged with that? And why wasn't HWD?<br /><br />Sidella says DeWeese told him the saving grace about doing political work on state tiume was that everyone in the state legislature did that. <br /><br />Btw, so far both Sidella (in DeWeese) and Steve Webb (in Veon) have testified that they lied to the grand jury. That's pretty serious. But Sidella got full immunity and Webb continues to work in House w pay raise. As does Bertuggli, who has testified she was hired to have sex w Manzo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-26870486150832103192010-07-26T15:41:20.523-04:002010-07-26T15:41:20.523-04:00Dear anonymou, I fail to see how a free-speech com...Dear anonymou, I fail to see how a free-speech communist is different from a free speech nazi as a<br />opposed to a transvesite that only wears garters on thursday. Do you think I have a problem and should seek professional care. Since I am unemployed and destitute do you think there is a social agency that can pick up the tab or should I write to Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh and ask for a scholarship from them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-1617976304199136262010-07-25T15:52:24.468-04:002010-07-25T15:52:24.468-04:00This Blogsite is run by left wing anti free speech...This Blogsite is run by left wing anti free speech communists , who block the truth from being posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-44821732435855262382010-07-25T02:27:59.675-04:002010-07-25T02:27:59.675-04:00Not Everything Stays The Same For Very Long!
Tabl...Not Everything Stays The Same For Very Long!<br /><br />Tables Are Meant For Turning,<br />Events Are Bound To Change,<br />Bridges Are Meant For Burning, <br />When People Aren't The Same.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYSqnq3roMgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-24072172253989713782010-07-24T22:31:46.856-04:002010-07-24T22:31:46.856-04:00why no Todd Eachus investigation..? John Paul Jone...why no Todd Eachus investigation..? John Paul Jones had his grand jury testamony published in the paper. in it he talks abour fund raisinf on state time for Todd. YET no court hearings... is he the one with secret immunity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-16366030060688416372010-07-24T14:31:51.087-04:002010-07-24T14:31:51.087-04:00Anonymous said...In Cott's case, why were some...Anonymous said...In Cott's case, why were some staff implicated, but not some of the most obviously most involved? Manzo and Brubaker testified they thought up and structured the bonuses, with Veon approval, but the ones who ran the program clearly included Eric Webb and Karen Steiner Blaner, neither indicted. Meanwhile when Veon was indicted, 11 staff were indicted (even Ramaley was indicted for activities on Veon staff, not as a legislator). Since then, almost no staff indicted. How can Veon staff be more culpable than (based on their own testimony, as presented by the AG in presentment or court) Sidella, Steve Webb, Pronesti, Bliss, Widemer, and on and on. This goes for GOP staff too, Crompton, certainly Mike Long, and many others in every caucus. July 24, 2010 11:17 AM<br /><br />I think you hit the crux of the problem why Casablancapa exists.<br /><br />Cott and Veon have become victims by prosecutors miscoduct using runaway grad juries on a highly selective basis and let many go free with no penalities at all.<br /><br />It is unfair and used for political purposes not anykind of criminal investigation being fair to all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-12494987493728205802010-07-24T14:23:34.619-04:002010-07-24T14:23:34.619-04:00Anonymous said...July 24, 2010 11:17 AM
All good...Anonymous said...July 24, 2010 11:17 AM<br /><br /><br />All good points, this is why even if Corbett's becomes Governor, but there is evidence out there that will follow Corbett into Office, and once revelaed he will not be a Governor for long.<br /><br />We do need an investigation on Corbett's Investigation that has not included any Senators, that did the samething.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-33287122605057191892010-07-24T11:20:03.122-04:002010-07-24T11:20:03.122-04:00If all the Veon defendants who earned a pension lo...If all the Veon defendants who earned a pension lost it, why didn;t LaGrotta, who took taxpayer money by hiring relatives for no work jobs? This loss of pension - over $50,000 for life for Veon, is a huge penalty. Would you rather do 6 months house arrest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-69767928879810888092010-07-24T11:17:51.961-04:002010-07-24T11:17:51.961-04:00I do not defend Veon or Cott, but everyone always ...I do not defend Veon or Cott, but everyone always needs to be concerned not just about who prosecutors choose to go after, but also who they choose not to prosecute.<br /><br />For example, Veon was investigated/prosecuted by an army of AG staff for about 3 years...but the evidence AG presented in Veon case, and in the Stetler, DeWeese and Perzel prelim. hrngs. and newspaper articles show other legislators apparently guilty of the same but not prosecuted: Eachus, Jubilerir, Brightbill, Mellow, McCall, Sam Smith, and others. Even DeWeese, charged with lesser matters, is clearly implicated in the bonuses.<br /><br />In Cott's case, why were some staff implicated, but not some of the most obviously most involved? Manzo and Brubaker testified they thought up and structured the bonuses, with Veon approval, but the ones who ran the program clearly included Eric Webb and Karen Steiner Blaner, neither indicted. Meanwhile when Veon was indicted, 11 staff were indicted (even Ramaley was indicted for activities on Veon staff, not as a legislator). Since then, almost no staff indicted.<br /><br />How can Veon staff be more culpable than (based on their own testimony, as presented by the AG in presentment or court) Sidella, Steve Webb, Pronesti, Bliss, Widemer, and on and on.<br /><br />This goes for GOP staff too, Crompton, certainly Mike Long, and many others in every caucus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-6440926985219514422010-07-23T22:17:33.004-04:002010-07-23T22:17:33.004-04:00Hey fancynance get with the program. This is now a...Hey fancynance get with the program. This is now a pro Tom for Governor blog.Everyone else has realized that they wrong to Bad mouth Tom and support those criminals.You will feel much better about yourself when you finally do the right thing and support Tom, I promise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-13490105170776295162010-07-23T20:59:26.160-04:002010-07-23T20:59:26.160-04:00Let me be very clear, this 'blog-site' is ...Let me be very clear, this 'blog-site' is ANTI-CORBUTT...get it?!<br />Exposing the hypocracy of TC. We are NOT going to support or vote for 'ol tommy-boy. <br /><br />Veon and Cott are his victims, for sure. And the battle is far from over...an appeal for Veon was not denied, an appeal for 'bail' was denied.<br /><br />Corbutt selectively went after his victims, and chooses NOT to go after others, as he said he would....what a surprise there.<br />The justice system will continue to proceed forward.<br /><br />It is OBVIOUS 'Corrupt Corbett' needed to have those he fears most incarcerated!fancynancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-74166111885589938202010-07-23T04:32:12.925-04:002010-07-23T04:32:12.925-04:00Clement further argued that fabricating evidence b...Clement further argued that fabricating evidence before trial is a violation of the constitutional right to a fair trial – merely an incomplete one. <br /><br />But Justice Breyer pressed Clement to give a clear line up until which prosecutors could be held liable. <br /><br />He reluctantly committed to one: a prosecutor would be liable for investigatory acts until he found uncontrived probable cause to proceed with a trial. <br /><br />That was perhaps the brightest line drawn during the oral argument. <br /><br />Wherever the Court ultimately draws the line on prosecutorial immunity, it seems clear they will be looking forward to its practical consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-87667073431655747992010-07-23T02:53:13.357-04:002010-07-23T02:53:13.357-04:00If a prosecutor's absolute immunity in judicia...If a prosecutor's absolute immunity in judicial proceedings means anything, it means that a prosecutor may not be sued because a trial has ended in a conviction, Yet that is exactly what happened in this case.<br /><br />JUSTICE KENNEDY: Your -- your case here is a polite way of telling us we wasted our time in Buckley v. Fitzsimmons.<br /><br />MR. SANDERS: Your Honor --JUSTICE KENNEDY: I mean, we were just spinning our wheels in that case?<br /><br />JUSTICE GINSBURG: Does that mean that, even if we were dealing with police officers who did what the prosecutors were alleged to have done at the investigation stage, no prosecutor, only police investigators, the fact that a trial and a conviction had occurred would mean that the police officers were not liable, either?<br /><br />JUSTICE KENNEDY: Take two cases. One is Justice Ginsburg's case, a police officer fabricates the evidence, dupes the prosecuting attorney, or -- or doesn't fully disclose. Case two, a prosecutor does the same thing and gives it to a fellow prosecutor.<br />Same -- should the analysis be precisely the same?<br /><br />JUSTICE GINSBURG: I'm not sure that I fully grasp your answer to my first question and to Justice Kennedy's, that is, yes or no, if everything that happened was alleged to have happened, but it was done by a police officer or a different prosecutor, nonetheless, the trial went on, the fabricated evidence was introduced, without any participation by the actual prosecutor in that fabrication, does a conviction --does the -- do the police officers or the prosecutors that was not involved in the trial get absolute -- are they -- are they no more liable, not because they have absolute immunity, but because the trial and conviction at which the evidence was used overtakes what liability they might have had, absent the trial?<br />Is that your position?<br /><br />MR. SANDERS: Your Honor, our position is --I believe I would agree with you. Our position is there is no liability for the initial fabrication. As the United States explains in its brief, for a police officer to be held liable in those circumstances, it would need to be under some sort of malicious prosecution theory that would depend on the actual conviction and the use of the evidence at trial.<br />But the use of the evidence at trial is the<br />6<br />Alderson Reporting Company<br />1<br />2<br />3<br />4<br />5<br />6<br />7<br />8<br />9<br />10<br />11<br />12<br />13<br />14<br />15<br />16<br />17<br />18<br />19<br />20<br />21<br />22<br />23<br />24<br />25<br />Official - Subject to Final Review<br />injury itself, and that is exclusively a prosecutorial act, only a prosecutor could --<br />JUSTICE SCALIA: You're not answering the question clearly. Are both the prosecutor, in Justice Ginsburg's hypothetical, and the policeman liable? Can't you answer that? Yes or no.<br /><br />MR. SANDERS: Yes. This Court --<br /><br />JUSTICE SCALIA: Good. That's what I thought your answer was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-13190962316162286992010-07-23T02:46:40.118-04:002010-07-23T02:46:40.118-04:00The prosecutors’ contention that immunity extends ...The prosecutors’ contention that immunity extends to pre-trial investigation and preparation is a hollow argument.<br /><br />Allowing immunity for trial acts to “wash back” to absolve prior wrongdoing would, actually encourages malicious prosecutors to use falsified evidence in court to shield themselves from suit for its procurement. <br /><br />One has a duty to criticize the inconsistencies that would result from the prosecutors’ construction of the “functional test,” pursuant to which police officers – but not prosecutors – could be held liable for falsifying evidence during an investigation. <br /><br />Immunity should attach to types of conduct, they posit, rather than to particular officeholders. <br /><br />Like the prosecutors, the Buckley Case is significant, but for a different reason: <br /><br />Although the Court in Buckley held that prosecutors have “absolute immunity” for conduct that “occurs in the course of the prosecutor’s role as an advocate for the State,” it also made clear that prosecutors have only “qualified immunity” for certain investigative acts. <br /><br />Contrary to what the prosecutors contend, however, procuring testimony is not conduct that occurs in the course of the prosecutor’s role as advocate. <br /><br />Countering the petitioners’ “floodgate” argument, one must argue that their case is “egregious, exceptional, and remarkably well-documented.” <br /><br />This is not a case in which prosecutors merely chose to believe a debatable story or failed to reveal exculpatory evidence; rather, they actively fabricated evidence. <br /><br />If the Court adopts a “strict approach” to prosecutorial misconduct claims that focuses on the substance of the claims rather than their “conclusions or labels,” trial courts will be able to easily weed out meritless claims at an early stage.<br /><br />“Absolute immunity does not apply to prosecutors’ actions taken outside the advocatory functions.” <br /><br />Relief should be available under Section 1983 in cases such as this one to deter prosecutorial misconduct:<br /><br />Otherwise, “prosecutors would be free to fabricate evidence during criminal investigations because they would know there was virtually no possibility of ever being punished for it.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-131079895636839982010-07-22T23:11:56.147-04:002010-07-22T23:11:56.147-04:00Anonymous said...Editorial: Corbett Time To Step A...Anonymous said...Editorial: Corbett Time To Step Away! July 22, 2010 6:37 PM<br /><br />What we need is a new Law and Code of Ethics that prevents any US Attorney, Attorney General, District Attorney, and Assistant Prosecutors from running for any elected Office until 8 years after they served.<br /><br />These elected and appointed Prosecutors are no longer searching for the truth when prosecuting.<br /><br />They are seeking Headlines and to tally Convictions to seek higher office regardless of the truth and ignore exculpatory evidence to grab headlines before an election.<br /><br />Every US Attorney, Attorney general, and District Attorney should be in favor of such a reform under a Constitutional Convention.<br /><br />Also, too many District Attorneys and Prosecutors have been become Judges doing the same thing to win elections not search for the truth before prosecuting.<br /><br />If we are going to reform, Appellate Judges by Merit Selection let us do the same for Attorney Generals.<br /><br />In this way, we avoid the Appearance o0f Impropriety and avoid violations of the Code of Ethics when Prosecutors’ seek Headlines’ to win elections more than the truth.<br /><br /><br />This will bring back fairness to the Justice System, serve as a check, and balance over ambitious Attorney General that seeks higher office over the truth.<br /><br />They can serve 8 years as Prosecutors and then wait another 8 years to run for Office to remove any taint of their motivations for the injustice just to be elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-38470787132932239082010-07-22T22:59:25.293-04:002010-07-22T22:59:25.293-04:00Anonymous said...Dear Mr Anonymous, it's reall...Anonymous said...Dear Mr Anonymous, it's really cool to see you guys who once talked bad about Tom, now on his side and voting for him. Hope to see some of you guys at the next fundraiser.Thank you again for doing the right thing. July 22, 2010 9:40 PM<br /><br />Does that mean Corbett will continue to fundraise from his OAG Office as he has done before?<br /><br />What time is it and do we need to bring ID to get pass OAG Security?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-25401890263669610302010-07-22T21:40:37.272-04:002010-07-22T21:40:37.272-04:00Dear Mr Anonymous, it's really cool to see you...Dear Mr Anonymous, it's really cool to see you guys who once talked bad about Tom, now on his side and voting for him. Hope to see some of you guys at the next fundraiser.Thank you again for doing the right thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-36494871124681471012010-07-22T18:37:59.823-04:002010-07-22T18:37:59.823-04:00Editorial: Corbett Time To Step Away!
Attorney Ge...Editorial: Corbett Time To Step Away!<br /><br />Attorney General Tom Corbett should quit his day job and focus on running for governor.<br /><br />It's nearly impossible lately for the public to separate Corbett's law enforcement duties from his role as the GOP nominee for governor. <br /><br />Increasingly, his actions as attorney general are tinged with political ramifications for the November election.<br /><br />For example, Corbett decided last week to pit Pennsylvania against the Obama administration's effort to overturn Arizona's new stop-on-sight immigration law. <br /><br />He joined several other state attorneys general in filing a court brief, arguing that the federal government's action violates state authority.<br /><br />Corbett's move came without any consultation or warning to Democratic Gov. Rendell, who happens to disagree with Corbett.<br /><br />As the independent and elected attorney general, Corbett is under no obligation to seek the governor's approval. <br /><br />But this constitutional arrangement raises a question of whether the state's chief executive should be left out of the loop entirely on such big issues.<br /><br />When the players belong to opposing parties and the case is a hot-button issue in the forthcoming election, it's impossible not to view Corbett's decision as driven partly by politics. <br /><br />And that undermines public support for the attorney general's role.<br /><br />The same goes for Corbett's decision in March to file a lawsuit to block the new federal health-care reform law from taking effect in Pennsylvania. <br /><br />Again, the state's top elected official was opposed.<br /><br />Corbett argues that requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. <br /><br />But it just so happens that most of the state officials mounting legal challenges to the law are Republicans.<br /><br />A spokesman for the attorney general said Corbett would be remiss if he allowed political considerations to stop him from taking the actions he believes are necessary. <br /><br />He said the governor's office and the attorney general confer on a wide range of issues.<br /><br />But it's no longer possible to distinguish between Corbett's roles as top cop and candidate for governor. <br /><br />The time needed by Corbett to prosecute officials in Harrisburg in a wide-ranging corruption case also raised accusations that it has served his political ambitions, by carrying into the election year.<br /><br />Elected officials frequently run for higher office without giving up their current post. <br /><br />But a prosecutor's job is very different.<br /><br />Republican former U.S. Attorney Patrick L. Meehan quit his post in 2008 before running for Congress this year. <br /><br />Republican Christopher J. Christie quit as the federal prosecutor in New Jersey before running for governor, although he was unlikely to have been reappointed by an incoming Democratic president.<br /><br />Law enforcement should be as free as possible from the taint of political motivations. <br /><br />That's why Corbett should resign.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100721_Editorial__Time_to_step_away.html#ixzz0uSAWvw5U <br />Watch sports videos you won't find anywhere elseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454535989576644455.post-22038699017693396442010-07-22T14:22:01.046-04:002010-07-22T14:22:01.046-04:00How One Knows How These Cases Are Just Outright Wr...How One Knows How These Cases Are Just Outright Wrong And For The Wrong Reasons?<br /><br />PPG QUOTE:<br /><br />As the case was bound over for court Wednesday, lawyers for the defense pledged a tough fight while attorneys for state Senate Republicans monitored courtroom events.<br /><br />Also on hand was attorney J. Alan Johnson, who represents Justice Melvin. <br /><br />He indicated that he gives little credence to Mr. Kramm's assertion that he was sent to carry a threat.<br /><br />"Let that man come forward on the witness stand. <br /><br />If he has to come to the witness stand or we have to call him and confront him with what he said, let's see what he's like after we cross-examine him," Mr. Johnson said.<br /><br />Mr. Kramm has not responded to calls seeking comment.<br /><br />Judge McDaniel's decision to hold the sisters for trial did not surprise defense attorneys. <br /><br />The judge herself acknowledged that law only calls for enough evidence to argue that a crime might have been committed.<br /><br />"As you know, the standard here is very low," she told attorneys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com