[Bkauthor]

You're welcome. Ted Maher has gotten alot of play on Free Republic as a discussion topic, but little hardcore, big-time American media interest. The case is complex, including a coerced confession and many, many other ins and outs that I think many I've noticed who've posted here today on this thread are unfamiliar. I think more of his story came right back to you when you realized which Maher this was. But, truthfully, so many folks don't have any idea. Monegasque courts are unique and do not have high standing, as one poster suggested. There should be a statement by one of Edmund Safra's brothers tonight in which he addresses the suppressed evidence and coverups at trial, engineered by the Monegasque prosecutor and the court itself. Foreign press, including several well known personages in the American media, felt this trial was a farce from beginning to end. No one could believe Ted was convicted from what I'm hearing out of court press pool. They were taken aback by the overtness of the coverups at trial and were actually caught laughing at the ridiculousness of exclusions and testimony given in the course of the trial. There's much more, but suffice to say no one should be gloating in an American convicted in Monaco, or saying that he got what he deserved when they don't know the facts of the case. I've seen the autopsy reports on Safra and the female nurse killed in the same incident--they did not die by asphyxiation due to smoke inhalation. Both were dead before they breathed in any of that.

[Rodney King]

Foreign press, including several well known personages in the American media, felt this trial was a farce from beginning to end.

Which ones? Names please.

[Rodney King]

they did not die by asphyxiation due to smoke inhalation. Both were dead before they breathed in any of that.

I didn't know that you could breathe after you were dead.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Woo-hoo! We got us another insider. Lemme guess - you are either a Maher, or maybe an "investigative reporter", and are gonna write a book on how gooberface was railroaded. C'mon - you're connected. Impress us all, please. We're just dying to know.

[Fred Mertz]

There's much more, but suffice to say no one should be gloating in an American convicted in Monaco, or saying that he got what he deserved when they don't know the facts of the case.

In case you haven't noticed, we have quite a number of sheeple on FR who actually believe what the media writes and reports.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Interesting. I happen to know people who have covered this story over the years and they all thought he was as guilty as hell.

[wimpycat]

So riddle me this. IF what you allege is true, then why won't Ted Maher publicly renounce this so-called "coerced" confession? Since Ted himself refuses to recant his confession publicly, in front of the press, just who is alleging the confession was coerced, besides his wife? Who else, besides his wife and attorney, has had access to him for him to recant the confession? I thought all his contacts with his wife were closely monitored so that the case couldn't be discussed, so how would she know anyway?

If I were being railroaded, I'd say so every time a cameraman or journalist came near me, at the top of my lungs!