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Good News For Libby?
If they're going to deliberate into next week, that indicates that they're hung, on at least one count. Unfortunately, for him to get off, they need to hang on them all (or hang or acquit on them all). And even then, he might face a retrial (though that would truly be a travesty).
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 01, 2007 02:28 PM
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Unfortunately, for him to get off, they need to hang on them all (or hang or acquit on them all).
Most unfortunate. Juries these days are so damn biased, too.
Posted by at March 1, 2007 04:32 PM
you never know what juries are going to do...
Robert
Posted by Robert G. Oler at March 1, 2007 04:51 PM
I was hoping for a perfunctory deliberation leading to acquittal as in the Billy Dale trial. Now I'm hoping for a hung jury. If that's not in the cards I'm hoping for aquittal on all counts but one. But really nobody outside of the jury room has a clue. Intrade is discouraging. I hope it's wrong.
Posted by Jonathan at March 1, 2007 06:27 PM
It's funny watching Simberg go through logical contortions
trying to justify Libby's perjury
Posted by anonymous at March 1, 2007 07:18 PM
I was hoping for a perfunctory deliberation leading to acquittal as in the Billy Dale trial. Now I'm hoping for a hung jury. If that's not in the cards I'm hoping for aquittal on all counts but one. But really nobody outside of the jury room has a clue. Intrade is discouraging. I hope it's wrong.
The way that you root for Libby in this case doesn't make any sense. Was he the best man at your wedding? If not, why not hope for a fair verdict either way, instead of hoping that he'll get off easy? The man has already been fired, after all.
(Okay, I do know one reason that you might hope for acquittal. Namely, if you think that Libby is a noble government man trapped in a biased court. We live in a world of terrible bias...)
Posted by at March 1, 2007 08:35 PM
The reason that I root for Libby is because if he gets off, it will drive the nutroots crazy, after all their stupid fantasies about Fitzmas and Rove being frog-marched out of the White House.
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 2, 2007 03:24 AM
I want a hung jury, so we can all hear the excuses Fitz comes up with for a second trial.
Posted by Leland at March 2, 2007 06:41 AM
The reason that I root for Libby is because if he gets off, it will drive the nutroots crazy
I'm not sure whether to call that stance reactionary or just plain childish.
Posted by at March 2, 2007 07:32 AM
You can call it whatever silly and inappropriate thing you like. No one's likely to give it much attention.
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 2, 2007 07:36 AM
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