At 3:10 PM -0400 5/23/01, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Kenneling? Yeah, right.
>
>Federal prosecutors have a tremendous amount of power. The "check" on
>this power is usually only their conscience, or negative press
>coverage. Look at what Robb London did by ordering that Bell's parents
>remain outside the courtroom during the trial by threatening to call
>them as witnesses. In the end, he didn't, but the threat was enough to
>deny Bell emotional support (maybe he didn't need it, but the point
>is still a valid one).
And while some prosecutors "punish" thought criminals by hauling them
across country to sit on wooden benches for days before being called,
and jerking around their travel plans to try to force them into
"contempt," other prosecutors "reward" the eager cooperators by
putting them up in Washington's (D.C.'s, not Tacoma's) fanciest
hotels, taking them on shopping trips to Georgetown, and whisking
them in and out of grand jury rooms without a minute spent on hard
wooden benches.
(Declan M. vs. Monica L.)
--Tim May
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