Convicted Killer Extradited From France Gets Retrial

Associated Press via SunSpot.com ^ | November 15, 2001 | Associated Press

[GeekDejure]

PHILADELPHIA - Holding up the United States' end of a bargain with France, a judge granted a new trial yesterday for former hippie guru Ira Einhorn, the one-time fugitive convicted in absentia of murdering his girlfriend.

Einhorn, 61, was extradited to the United States from France last summer only after Pennsylvania passed a law allowing him a retrial if he asked for one.

The former Philadelphian, who has said he was framed for the 1977 murder by the CIA after he uncovered secret mind-control weapon experiments, was not in court for the hearing.

[GeekDejure]

Einhorn's longtime attorney, Norris Gelman, said he will no longer represent Einhorn because of his caseload and because Einhorn is broke after a $907 million wrongful-death judgment against him won by his girlfriend's family.

What??? No Pro Bono??? Geez... whata cheapskate money-grubbing attorney, eh???

[wideawake]

What amazes me is that her family knew where he was for years while he was fighting extradition. Surely they could have hired some hitman from Odessa to take care of the problem for a few thousand bucks.

[japaneseghost]

the trial is going to be fun

[ken5050]

The article doesn't mention that the new trial was part of the agreement with France for agreeing to extradite Einhorn. He was tried by PA in "absentia"..and French law doesn't allow extradition for those convicted "in absentia"..so PA aggreed in advance to a new trial.