Wow, Jed, not only are you an expert at calorimetry but you're also lawyer too. Quite the liberal arts degree you got there, where do I get one of those babies.
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > a.ashfield <a.ashfi...@verizon.net > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','a.ashfi...@verizon.net');>> asked me a > reasonable question: > > >> Rossi stated that he wanted to release the report but had not on his >> attorney;s advice. How dO you know better? >> > > Rossi was more specific in a message he sent to Mats Lewan today. He "his > lawyer won’t let him" publish the Penon report, because if he publishes it, > the report "would not be valid as evidence" in court. > > This is nonsense, for the following reasons: > > 1. There is no rule that only unpublished documents can be used as > evidence in a trial. Published documents and newspaper articles are often > used. > > 2. All the documents submitted as evidence in the lawsuit are now > published. Anyone can get copies of them. So obviously, there is no rule > that documents in lawsuits must be kept secret! > > 3. This document is central to the lawsuit. It should have been included > among the documents submitted. > > > Someone in Lewan's blog discussion wrote: > > >> *That is why Rossi said he can only release it after he gets permission >> from his lawyer – which, in practice, means after it becomes a required >> filing as part of the court proceeding – and that probably doesn’t happen >> until the court requests to see it.* >> > > This is incorrect. You can include any documents you like in a lawsuit. > You do not wait until the court requests a document -- you include it from > the start. This is a key document in the dispute. There is no reason to > leave it out. Many documents of lesser importance were included. > > I am confident that the only reason Rossi has not published the Penon > report is because it makes him look foolish. It destroys his credibility. I > hope that someday the report is published. > > - Jed > >
