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his own psychological state

jollyroger — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:56:37 +0000

his own psychological state of mind at the time

Well, who among us has not lingered in a tree peeping into the window of a teen age girl while fondling hims--um, never mind.

Re the third party

Oxy Mora — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:53:38 +0000

In reply to I heard Bobby's boy (RFKjr.)

Re the third party culpability defense---in this case two prospects, Littleton and brother Thomas. Not my field obviously but if they can now use a psychological profile of Littleton (previously sealed) it seems that unless there is a direct evidence re Martha Moxley that a new can of worms has been opened for Skakel as to his own psychological state of mind at the time---which might not do him a whole lot of good.

I heard Bobby's boy (RFKjr.)

jollyroger — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:34:30 +0000

In reply to Nice piece, Jolly. It does

I heard Bobby's boy (RFKjr.) on the radio also detailing that Sherman failed to prep the alibi witnesses by refreshing their memories via review of their original statements and police reports from the night of the murder.

\Thus, on the stand, they were reduced to inability to recall the details of that night, when Skakel was in their company watching the premiere of Monty Python's Flying Circus on TV.

Edited to add: unencumbered by any research, I am prepared to lay odds that this is the largest fee ever paid for representation subsequently found to be so inadequate as to furnish the basis for a successful appeal.

Nice piece, Jolly. It does

Oxy Mora — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:02:48 +0000

In reply to Getting value for your criminal defense dollar--when a million dollar lawyer lays down and dies

Nice piece, Jolly. It does seem that in a case as cold as the one on which he was tried that more concrete evidence would have been required. And of the various inadequacies it seems that the failure to frame reasonable doubt would be the worst one.

But isn't the situation of Sherman interesting. "Yeah, go ahead and trash me, the main thing is to get Skakel out of jail."