Them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Very high standard. It is not that they were blameless. Its not that they were innocent. But we say we would rather let 100 guilty go free than convict one innocent man. We are loading it to a high standard. The other thing that lawyers argue, which the public sometimes has trouble with, is procedure. If you need to get that evidence if you did not get that evidence into the courtroom properly, then it cant come in. If you did not share information exculpatory information properly with defense, those are which can violations equally invalidate a verdict. And i am happy to argue both. That is kind of what we are going to go through. One word from last week. Last week was the allure of the white house tapes. I went through a bunch of them with you. Perhaps too fast. What i find fascinating about this because i transcribe them. I worked word for word for hours in tracing what they were saying and the points they were trying to make. Trying to underst
A sledgehammer what i think are the judicial and prosecutorial abuses that categorized the watergate coverup trial. I understand people were convicted. But you need to understand lawyers lawyers dont play fair. , they argue two things. They can argue, look that the , person did not do the crime, the person was not guilty. But usually in a political scandal, the argument is, there was not enough proof to find them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Very high standard. It is not that they were blameless. Its not that they were innocent. We say, we would rather let 100 guilty go free than convict one innocent man. Properly, then it cant come in. If you did not share information properly with the defense, those procedural violations can equally invalidate a verdict. I am happy to argue both. So that is kind of what we are going to go through. One word from last week, last week was the allure of the white house tapes. I went through a bunch of them with you. Perhaps too fast. What i find fas
Lawyers, lawyers donts play fair. They argue two things. They can argue, look, the person didnt do the crime. The person wasnt guilty. But usually in a political scandal the argument is there wasnt enough proof to find them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Very high standard. Its not theyre blameless, its not theyre innocent. But we say wed rather let 100 guilty go free than convict one innocent man. So were were loading it to a very high standard. The other thing that lawyers argue, which the public sometimes has trouble with, is procedure. If you didnt get that evidence into the courtroom properly, then it cant come in. If you didnt share exculpatory information properly with defense, those are procedural violations which can equally invalidate a verdict. And im happy to argue both. So, thats thats kind of what were going to go through. One word from last week. Last week was the allure of the white house tapes. And i went through a bunch of them with you, perhaps too fast. What i fi
Of my knees shaking her hand at the jerry blossom festival in the spring 1973. Cherry blossom festival in spring 1973. The first lady was taking time with every person she met. She gets up in a very special way, taking my hand and class giving it taking my hand and clasping it between hers. Her eyes met mine and we exchanged a smile. In that moment, she would make you feel as if you were the only person in the room. It was a shining that lingered after the moment. I watched her for a long time that afternoon from a distance, as she treated each person she met with that distinctly genuine grace and generosity of spirit that she had shown me. Misses nixon was never about power. The last person she seemed to concentrate on was herself. But she was very aware of the potential of a public position, and the means it contained for celebrating others, highlighting their views, making every person with whom she came in contact know they were special. If you look at pictures from her white house
Cherry blossom festival in spring 1973. The first lady was taking time with every person she met. She gets up in a very special way, taking my hand and class giving it taking my hand and clasping it between hers. Her eyes met mine and we exchanged a smile. In that moment, she would make you feel as if you were the only person in the room. It was a shining that lingered after the moment. I watched her for a long time that afternoon from a distance, as she treated each person she met with that distinctly genuine grace and generosity of spirit that she had shown me. Misses nixon was never about power. The last person she seemed to concentrate on was herself. But she was very aware of the potential of a public position, and the means it contained for celebrating others, highlighting their views, making every person with whom she came in contact know they were special. If you look at pictures from her white house years, often she nudges someone else toward the center of the photo, where she