Posted on 03/21/2011 7:31:06 AM PDT by SmithL
When an attorney for one of the defendants in the killings of Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey and two other men tried to get the murder trial moved out of Alameda County last year, he compared his client to Nazi lieutenant Hermann Goering.
Attorney Gary Sirbu argued that trying Antoine Mackey next to Yusuf Bey IV, the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery accused of having ordered the killings, would be like trying Goering next to Adolf Hitler.
The publicity surrounding the now-defunct black empowerment group is that widespread, and the bakery's former leader is that notorious, Sirbu said.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon may well have appreciated Sirbu's dramatic flair - the jurist acts and sings in local theater productions. But Reardon ultimately ruled that the case would stay in Oakland, and that Mackey and Bey, both 25, would be tried together.
Today, after a final round of jury selection, prosecutor Melissa Krum will present her opening remarks in a trial that is being closely watched by journalists and First Amendment advocates.
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Your Black Muslim Bakery Ping
It's being watched by Second Amendment advocates too.
“Chauncey Bailey case to begin with opening remarks”
Well, D’oh! Haven’t lawyers discovered by now that it is best to start at the beginning.
Which part of the first amendment is at issue here? Some kinda right to kill journalists?
Interesting. Thanks very much for the ping. BUMP for Chauncey.
Another BUMP for Chauncey! Condolences to his family and friends.
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