[governsleastgovernsbest]

ESPN/NewsBusters ping to Today show list.

[caver]

Geez, ESPN is going over the line on this one. I hate to ask the question, but what race is Ms. Robinson? She sounds like the Reverands Jackson & Sharpton.

[tkathy]

They have every right. She sounds like another Tawana Brawley.

[oh8eleven]

To comment on Evans' press appearance, ESPN, during the overnight edition of Sports Center, brought in its "legal analyst," a former Philly prosecutor by the name of Deborah Robinson.
I saw her and the bias in her comments made me want to puke.
The bigger question is why is ESPN so deeply involved in this story? This isn't a sports story and they're not Court TV. Sickening.

[Labyrinthos]

It's significant because it's unprecedented. I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . .

Ever hear of Bill Clintoon?

[CedarDave]

I saw that "analysis". Another possible reason for her "damn the accused" position in this case, sad to say, is that she is Black.

[Pharmboy]

To be fair, I would also expect you to post her remarks ripping DA Nifong for holding press conferences essentially convicting these guys before trial. What's that you say? She didn't criticize Nifong, and only ripped this alleged perp for declaring his innocence?

Nevermind...

[Fury]

It has no significance for the trial whatsoever. It's significant because it's unprecedented. I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . . It's tainting potential jurors, and that's what I think is the most significant thing about this press conference. The defense is trying to paint a picture for those jurors who will eventually hear the case about the defendant before the case even begins."

Oh, please shut the hell up, you idiot. I'm sorry, but we are in a bad way if nutters are going to decry someone proclaiming their innocence.

Please, just shut your cake-hole.

[Echo Talon]

"It has no significance for the trial whatsoever. It's significant because it's unprecedented. I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . . It's tainting potential jurors, and that's what I think is the most significant thing about this press conference. The defense is trying to paint a picture for those jurors who will eventually hear the case about the defendant before the case even begins."

good for him, I would have spoken out a long time ago, this guy is already being tried in the media and the jury-pool has already been tainted with speculation by the media.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . . It's tainting potential jurors, and that's what I think is the most significant thing about this press conference. The defense is trying to paint a picture for those jurors who will eventually hear the case about the defendant before the case even begins.<<<

The accuser and the prosecutor, however, were not trying to taint potential jurors with their continuous, outrageous lies. [/sarcasm]

[P-Marlowe]

I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins.

Where did they find this idiot? They must have searched pretty hard to find someone who has never owned a television or a radio or a newspaper.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Has ESPN's "legal analyst", in her vast experience, ever heard of "innocent until proven guilty"?

[jmaroneps37]

Very well said.

[joebuck]

She's just ticked because the kid hit it out of the park. He's either innocent or he's the next Lawrence Oliver.

[DManA]

Asserting your innocence is an unprecidented attempt to sway the jury. I have now heard everything.

[FreedomPoster]

Everyone's getting in on the act ping.

[Palmetto]

never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . .

True. I can think offhand of no such recent event.

Oh crap. Dang you, Kobe.

[Raycpa]

've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. .

[OldFriend]

I watched that brief segment in absolute shock. The woman was clearly seething.

Some analyst!

I'll just have to skip ESPN in the future.

[Straight Vermonter]

ESPN just had John Ford from Court TV on saying how smart it was to have David Evans speak out the way he did.