Re: 'Tookie' Williams

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:07:31 -0800, El Castor
<justuschickens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Not only did he have the full benefit of review by the California
>court system, but also by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most
>lagrantly liberal appeals court in the country, but also the US
>Supreme Court.
>
>Tookie Williams has been represented by numerous attorneys, but the
>attorney who pled his case before the governor was Peter Fleming Jr.,
>"the head of the litigation department at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt
>& Mosle, a law firm with offices in New York, Houston, Stamford,
>Washington DC, Frankfurt, London, Mexico City, Milan, Muscat, and
>Paris.

This is why there is some credibility in the allegation that the
procedures of the courts were biased towards the prosecutors in
William's case. Fleming would know when it did occur. He could
probably provide a lot of the information that the governor's staffer
could research. In this case, there is good justification for a
review.

Besides why do you bring up ancient history? The governor knows it's
his job to review the trial and the subsequent actions of William's
for clemency. If he didn't review the trial, then he didn't do his
duty. Your opinion of the verdict is not germane.

--alvin
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