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  •  I don't think THIS is that damaging (4.00 / 4)

    at least, not for the guy on the stand. He has a case-defense of "I Misspoke" to work out. But it sounds to me as if the Judge wants to know why Mr. Buckingham left a few details out of his previous testimony

    Q. Do you have any explanation for why Mr. Buckingham in this same series of depositions in January of 2005 also failed to admit that he was involved in soliciting money for the purchasing of this book? Do you have any explanation for that?

    sounds like somebody has a date with a PISSED OFF judge

    Mr. Buckingham, you got some splainin to do

    if you are the result of intelligent design, how could you be so stupid ???

    •  i'm not talking about perjury (4.00 / 3)

      this money trail is very questionable on a number of fronts.
    •  SOMEBODY'S in Deep Shit (4.00 / 3)

      Trial judges rarely if ever excercise their perogative to question a witness independantly, and almost NEVER with a transcript in front of them.  The judge was engaged in what lawyers call "impeaching the witness"   and I thin he was impeaching BOTH of them.  When a "visibly angry" judge leaves the Courtroom, contempt citations and referrals to the DA usually follow.  At the very least I'd expect some fairly heavy Discovery violation sanctions, and possibly a fine or three directed a defense counsel.

      Knowledge is power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil

      by Magorn on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 10:42:51 AM PDT

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