[81949] in Cypherpunks
McVeigh Sentence
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Huge Cajones Remailer)
Tue Jun 17 05:43:08 1997
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 01:49:15 -0700
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: nobody@huge.cajones.com (Huge Cajones Remailer)
Reply-To: nobody@huge.cajones.com (Huge Cajones Remailer)
I was watching Dateline NBC interview the McVeigh jurors about the
trial and the interviewer asked them what they found to be the strongest
or most convincing evidence against McVeigh.
A grandmotherly type answered that the most convincing of the evidence
against him was the pictures of the dead bodies.
Perhaps the prosecution could have gotten McVeigh convicted on even
more charges if he had shown some pictures of heroin.
I also watched McVeigh's lawyer give a statement that sounded like it
was prepared for him by the Whitehouse spin doctors.
From the very first, right through to the end of the trial, I had the
feeling that McVeigh's lawyer seemed to be more of a spokesperson than
a lawyer. I've had lawyers show more skill and ferver in keeping my
dog out of the pound than he showed defending McVeigh.
I don't know what exactly he was being paid $15 million for, but it
sure as hell wasn't for defending McVeigh. Even when he speaks about
the judge not allowing him to put on a real defense he acts like it's
just a minor matter of no real import.
The only mystery in the trial was whether McVeigh was part of the
great pretense taking place or if he really thought his lawyer was
working in his best interests. I suspect that he's just naieve.
I wouldn't place any large bets on MvVeigh living long enough to take
part in an Oklahoma City trial if that ever happens. The political
interests down there want more than just a showcase trial--they want
to find out the real story. Unless they get bought off or blackmailed
the Feds are going to have to bring Jack Ruby out of retirement.
TruthMonger
