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When I read Judge Andrew J. Wistrich’s Order Requiring Lodging of Petitioner’s Exhibits my first thought was - What a brilliant move!
And
that made me wonder - What if Judge Wistrich had been Sirhan’s trial judge-
would this foul-smelling carcass still be dragging itself through the courts 44+ years later? Of course not. What went so wrong?
It
is most unfortunate Judge Wistrich
wasn’t sitting in trial Judge Herbert V. Walker’s chair back in 1969. I refer of course to both the sub-
rosa meeting in trial Judge Walker’s chambers on Feb. 21, ‘69 re bullet
stipulations, and to Judge Walker’s
giving a free pass to Sirhan Defense attorney
Emil Zola Berman who leaked the (2) ultra-secret plea talks to the
Eastern newsmen - on the very same
night of the talks - and prior to the jury being sequestered !! Yes, that
chicanery actually did happen.
Then
there were the infamous bullet/gun stipulations
So
unorthadox was the bullet stipulation meeting in Judge Walker’s chambers that
Sirhan Chief Investigator Robert Blair Kaiser was NOT let in on it!!! He was kept in the dark because the defense team
knew he wouldn’t stand for it.
During
the plea talks in Judge Walkers chambers (on about Feb. 11 and 12, ‘69) the
only persons prsent were D.A. Evelle Younger, the three prosecutors , three
defense attorneys, Sirhan and the trial Judge Herbert V. Walker !!!!!!! With
all of those precautions in place, the very next morning (after each plea talk)
the Eastern press scooped the Western news papers with the story of the secret
plea deals.
Didn’t
that have the effect of painting the letter “G” on Sirhan’s forehead?
It
should be noted there is no record in the trial transcript of those two days of
plea talks. And thanks to Berman’s leaks to his Eastern news cronies, the
jurors saw the screaming headlines while they still were not sequestered. Sure,
the judge questioned each juror in his chambers about their not allowing the
plea talks to affect their impartially
weighing the facts. Isn’t that like unringing a bell?
My
question, since the judge put on a good “show” by questioning each juror - why
didn’t he get to the bottom of the source of the leaks and question each person
present in his chambers during plea
talks - UNDER OATH? Judge Walker didn’t want to know the answer. So the show
went on.
Yes,
Berman was given a free pass - Cooper,
Kaiser and reporter Ron Einstoss all told me the exact same story of
Berman’s leaks. Just what did he think he was doing to Sirhan’s right to a fair
trial? Since Judge Walker didn’t
question each person present in his chambers during plea talks they kept their
mouths shut. And it didn’t come to light
until I asked questions about it and made it public. And I’m still
talking about that unbelievable treachery. Kaiser provided a statement of this
affair to attorney Teeter to include in
his 1997 Court filing. (I wanted that treachery in the court record.)
Why,
I ask, didn’t Cooper report Berman’s conduct to Judge Walker? But, no, better
to keep quiet and throw Sirhan under the bus. Just whose side were Sirhan
attorneys on anyway?
The
above abuses in Sirhan’s trial should be examined and studied in every law school in the land. (And I do not give excuses for my
disappointment with the legal system)
It
is important to make this point clear - I am not Sirhan’s apologist, in fact we
no longer communicate with each other. I walked out on Sirhan team - not on my
independent research.
(see
exhibits )
also, see SUS documents for exact date and hour of
Weisel and Schrade surgeries !!!!!!!
On
June 29, 2012 the court writes Pepper/Dusek: “Petitioner’s counsel shall have
fourteen (14) days from the date of this order within which to lodge with the
Court a copy of those exhibits.” (re new charges made by Sirhan attorneys Peppe
Walker?r and Dusek in their recent Court filings)
Isn’t one of the very things the Court is asking for are the exhibits supporting
P/D charge that the Kennedy neck bullet (Peo. 47) was switched at trial? That
in the Sirhan trial time frame a switched Kennedy neck bullet was stipulated
into evidence?
From
the start I vigorously challenged Pepper/Dusek’s unproven and misleading charge
(K neck bullet switched in trial time frame).
And I called for Sirhan attorneys to produce the exhibits which they
relied on to arrive at their charge. I did so because it was my original
research ( switching of the Kennedy
neck bullet) which P/D writes about - even though the Court was not informed that I am the
author/researcher.
Here is Pepper/Dusek’s insurmountable problem:
Read
page 38 of attorney Lawrence Teeter’s
Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus (May, 1997): “There is no evidence as
to what bullet was presented at trial, except that if it was the same exhibit
that was shown to the panelists in 1975, it was “DW””TN” and not “TN31”
Attorney
Teeter clearly tells the court “there
is no evidence as to what bullet was presented at trial” while still leaving the door open about the
possibility and uncertanty of the
bullet being “DW””TN”. In other words Larry is telling the appeals court - I
don’t know if the K neck bullet
presented at Sirhan trial was authentic or inauthentic.
What
Teeter did NOT tell the court is that the K neck bullet was switched at trial. And that is precisely the argument I
have with Pepper/Dusek using my research.
I suspect the mainstream media, as
usual, will fail to appreciate the significance of what is taking place in
these court filings. From the outset , most of the media did not have a clue as
to what was really going on (case in
point - didn’t the top reporters who were given prize courtroom seats in the
Sirhan trial snooze right through literally
ALL of the BULLET STIPULATIONS
?). Just what were those sharp trial reporters taking up limited courtroom
seats for? (I know what I’m talking about since I had no trouble at all
spotting those highly irregular blanket
stipulations for the bullets) And as I recall Cooper couldn’t stipulate the
bullets into evidence fast enough - like his house was on fire!
And
I make no excuses for my low opinion of
most of the puffed-up members of
the Fourth Estate who have a bad habit of snoring.
I
say that because I believe not only was
Sirhan (and his right to a fair trial)
let down by his trial attorneys and the trial judge, but also by the mainstream media. (the Sirhan case was
and is not their shining hour)
And now we expect the appeals courts to clean
up the miserable mess they left behind.
Rose
Lynn Mangan July 13, 2012