tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post8169776306034738497..comments2024-02-24T18:44:39.324-08:00Comments on Trials & Tribulations: Spector Defense Attorney's Opinion Piece in the LA TimesSprockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-80744281055105529392009-04-01T16:08:00.000-07:002009-04-01T16:08:00.000-07:00I got a response from the director of the LA Times...I got a response from the director of the LA Times editorial board director to my complaint. He says that because Weinberg's op-ed was posted online rather than in the print paper, that it doesn't count. He also offered the lame excuse that the jury wasn't supposed to be reading the news.<BR/><BR/>His e-mail was sheepish. I would have posted it here but can't see to do that with your new format, Sprocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-63434348717735731462009-04-01T15:49:00.000-07:002009-04-01T15:49:00.000-07:00It is apparent to me that attorney Weinberg was ab...It is apparent to me that attorney Weinberg was absent from law school when the class discussed the code of professional ethics for legal practitioners!<BR/><BR/>Whether Weinberg's objective was to "respond" to a previously- published LA Times article... or whether he and co-author Matross had other, more sinister ideas... sanctions should be imposed on him!<BR/><BR/>Hope you're listening, Judge Fidler and the CA Bar Association! <BR/><BR/>Emily From OhioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-91741210928832847302009-04-01T11:43:00.000-07:002009-04-01T11:43:00.000-07:00Comments on the piece are up now. When I checked, ...Comments on the piece are up now. When I checked, there were 28, almost all of them negative towards Weinberg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-49090376117020083742009-04-01T10:29:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:29:00.000-07:00Sprocket:The LAT piece was NOT a news article “wri...Sprocket:<BR/><BR/>The LAT piece was NOT a news article “written by a journalist” but rather was an Op-Ed piece written by the editorial staff of the LAT.<BR/><BR/>Doron Weinberg then submitted a letter to the editor of the LAT responding to OPINIONS expressed in the Op-Ed piece about the high costs of experts in the two Spector murder trials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-39768276757756707432009-04-01T10:28:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:28:00.000-07:00I now see that there is the letter by Whineburg an...I now see that there is the letter by Whineburg and Moron in response to the article about expert witnesses who are paid. It's hard to know what to say when you see it's a response to the first piece. There's every right to report or editorialize, but I still wonder if he should have been writing anything as I am pretty sure there is a gag order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-89861255615937728952009-04-01T10:24:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:24:00.000-07:00What is a defendant charged with murder supposed t...What is a defendant charged with murder supposed to do? Not hire experts? Hire experts who are not the best and most respected available?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-4347276103511680702009-04-01T10:10:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:10:00.000-07:00You are aware that this as no Op-Ed piece, but rat...You are aware that this as no Op-Ed piece, but rather a letter to the editor RESPONDING to an LAT editorial published on March 29, 2009 specifically referring to the high cost of defense experts in the Spector case and referencing the prosecution's arguments on that subject?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-38119056196576466192009-04-01T09:52:00.000-07:002009-04-01T09:52:00.000-07:00It is very interesting though isn't it? Weinberg ...It is very interesting though isn't it? Weinberg seems to feel a personal need to restate his case. Perhaps he feels that his lawyerly integrity is at stake. The deeper he got into this case, the more mired in the muck he became. Now, he needs to shake off some of the mud before going out into the world to take on other causes. He is forever stained with the Spector stench.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-64445243001471042482009-04-01T09:44:00.000-07:002009-04-01T09:44:00.000-07:00Bear with me everyone. I'm still struggling with m...Bear with me everyone. I'm still struggling with my trackball mouse I purchased over the weekend. <BR/><BR/>It's very clear that Weinberg's op-ed piece is a response to the LA Times article. <BR/><BR/>The difference is, the original Times piece was written by a journalist.<BR/><BR/>I know that many are outraged by Weinberg's article but IF the jury is following the Judge's orders, they will not be reading it. I don't know if Fidler will see this article in the same light that everyone else is. From what I read, many of the statements are the same statements he made in his closing argument before the jury.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Weinberg felt that his view of the case was not getting equal coverage in the press and he wanted to address that issue.<BR/><BR/>We will know today if the prosection brings this up to the judge or the judge decides to address the jurors. If nothing happens then it's not a big deal.Sprockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-72285954728157255942009-04-01T09:32:00.000-07:002009-04-01T09:32:00.000-07:00Sprocket:This is your finest hour!!!!!Right on top...Sprocket:<BR/>This is your finest hour!!!!!<BR/>Right on top of reporting Wiengberg's<BR/>RESPONSE<BR/>I agree wholeheartedly with most of the commments. They are just directed at the wrong side of the table this time.<BR/>Purposely leading your readers away from the true issue;the blowback was<BR/>initiated by the 3/30 opinion article in the LA Times quoting from AJ's closing arg. <BR/>Let everyone remember the purpose of this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-66654545729044016952009-04-01T08:49:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:49:00.000-07:00Seems strange there are no comments on that Op Ed ...Seems strange there are no comments on that Op Ed piece...Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472876606567193322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-2998198696102424712009-04-01T08:47:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:47:00.000-07:00It is surprising that the paper would print this--...It is surprising that the paper would print this--wonder what gave Weinberg the presumption that they would?<BR/><BR/>Either way the crimalists work, the defense could cry: they spent too little time on the case and made a rush to judgement (how many times do you hear that one?), or they spent too much time on it. So if there is a conviction, blame the criminalists and techs because they did their job too well?<BR/>Wes J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-32247618630647446372009-04-01T08:30:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:30:00.000-07:00I wonder how much sleep Spector got last night?! B...I wonder how much sleep Spector got last night?! Buzz......buzz........BUZZ!<BR/><BR/>Say goodbye to your castle, Philip! There is no way this jury isn't reaching a verdict today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-84813418586981893772009-04-01T08:26:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:26:00.000-07:00I just wrote to the Times editorial board to compl...I just wrote to the Times editorial board to complain.<BR/><BR/>Head of the board is Jim Newton.<BR/><BR/>jim.newton@latimes.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-54216845283784632582009-04-01T08:14:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:14:00.000-07:00Remember the last trial when RS appeared for an in...Remember the last trial when RS appeared for an interview on camera for CourtTV and JF immediately called her out on it in court? He was adamant that he didn't want anything to threaten the integrity of the jury and said so. <BR/><BR/>I can't imagine that he could possibly let this slide while this jury is in deliberations. I don't know what he could do to punish DW except to refer this to the CA bar.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear from some of the attorneys who read this blog as to what options are available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-10088172524655708612009-04-01T07:22:00.000-07:002009-04-01T07:22:00.000-07:00Hi Sprocky,The Coroner's crew are all EXEMPT Count...Hi Sprocky,<BR/><BR/>The Coroner's crew are all EXEMPT County employees. They don't get paid by the hour. Whineberg is a moron not to know this.Noneofyerbeeswaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11518839231483232205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-90833469460761044192009-04-01T07:07:00.000-07:002009-04-01T07:07:00.000-07:00Happy April Fools Day Sprocket! Since the jury is...Happy April Fools Day Sprocket! Since the jury is back to deliberating today ... do you think they could get by with a triple buzz ... just as a prank?!:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-82643805788691950482009-04-01T06:57:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:57:00.000-07:00To me by publishing this in the paper is very clos...To me by publishing this in the paper is very close to jury tampering. I think this may be Phil's way of getting a mistrial. You know the defense would have had a fit if the prosicution published an article like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-89002483157529528852009-04-01T06:42:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:42:00.000-07:00An eye opening story that exposes the government "...An eye opening story that exposes the government "experts". <BR/><BR/>The jury will never read that nor will they read anything about Spector because of the "rules"!<BR/><BR/>HA HAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-10560100512360174122009-04-01T06:07:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:07:00.000-07:00Didn't this same thing happen while the PS1 jurors...Didn't this same thing happen while the PS1 jurors were deliberating? Seems I remember everyday, something new in the L.A. Times....or maybe I'm just remembering RS running amock on My Space.....Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472876606567193322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-91576766935116608432009-04-01T05:13:00.000-07:002009-04-01T05:13:00.000-07:00So bizzare...I'm sure the judge will address this,...So bizzare...I'm sure the judge will address this, he has too. The Times should never have printed this, amazing. I hope this does not cause a mistrail. Why on earth would the jury think they had to stay away from the opinion section of the paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-31554823549102764182009-04-01T04:53:00.000-07:002009-04-01T04:53:00.000-07:00This is beyond the pale. Weinberg is trying to get...This is beyond the pale. Weinberg is trying to get a mistrial but instead will be sanctioned by the California bar.<BR/><BR/>What was the Los Angeles Times thinking, by publshing this when the jury is out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-90886660270443977652009-03-31T23:35:00.000-07:002009-03-31T23:35:00.000-07:00It would seem to me that there might be some sanct...It would seem to me that there might be some sanction against Weinberg by the California state bar for an ethical violation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-6543133796778473792009-03-31T23:34:00.000-07:002009-03-31T23:34:00.000-07:00I have a hunch that this will brought up tomorrow....I have a hunch that this will brought up tomorrow. Perhaps JF will bring in the jury, ask them if they have read or seen any media reports regarding PS2. If no one has then I think he may take that opportunity to remind (or admonish?)the jury to stay away from all media sources(for good measure). I recall seeing this done in another case that was high profile. Hopefully JF will seek sanctions against Weinburg. <BR/>One things for sure, you will get to see some fur fly in 106 today, Sprocket.Geralynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15345898887227040848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-25921869916760951512009-03-31T23:33:00.000-07:002009-03-31T23:33:00.000-07:00Hi Sprocket, I am completely shocked by this. In ...Hi Sprocket, I am completely shocked by this. In my opinion this is at the very least unethical and is close to being contempt of court. I will be curious to see if the judge brings this up. I don't believe I have ever heard of a defense attorney posting an op-ed article in a major newspaper while he has a deliberating jury. I can not see how the judge can not address this. He will at least have to ask the jurrors if they have seen it. This would be horific if by some chance this could cause a mistrial. Thanks again for such outstanding reporting and for keeping those of us not in the area well informed.<BR/><BR/>NanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com