Saturday, December 15, 2007

Fun stuff: W channels Jack McCoy

Law and Order
season 8, episode 158, "Thrill" (1997)
[paraphrased... I'd be grateful to get the exact quotation]
Jack McCoy: There's nothing to prevent the prosecution from presenting two different theories of the crime to two different juries in simultaneous trials.

Compare:
Judge Urged Not to Ask About CIA Tapes
By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Dec 15, 2007 (AP)
... In court documents filed Friday night, government lawyers told U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy that demanding information about the tapes would interfere with current investigations by Congress and the Justice Department.
...
On Friday, the Justice Department urged Congress to hold off on questioning witnesses and demanding documents because that evidence is part of a joint CIA-Justice Department investigation.


Two different venues, two different "theories of the crime"!

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