Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
... a series of mock juries in preparation for the trial that played out before U.S. District Judge Paul Borman last month.In his initial meeting with 39 mock jurors chosen to represent a typical southeast Michigan jury pool, the judge hired to conduct the simulated trials asked how many trusted their government to tell the truth. Just four of 39 raised their hands."In my father's day,"...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
... violations, they said.Justice Department lawyers denied those claims, and U.S. District Judge Paul Borman sided with the government.Fieger and his lawyers also claimed that a jury has never convicted anyone for violating the straw donor statute. Also not true, Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney said, citing a 2005 conviction in Florida. Federal prosecutors in Detroit cited...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
In court, Spence was at once mischievous and relentlessly disobedient. He often violated the instructions of U.S. District Judge Paul Borman and, when reprimanded, offered elaborate apologies, his point already made with jurors.
