craig_gillette Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <p>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539124,00.html</p> <p>Why one shouldn't get legal "advice" from TV or other non-lawyers.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_newton Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <p>Um, okay. Not a great case of 'why representing yourself is a bad idea'. Looking more closely at the case prosecutors proved pretty conclusively that there was at a minimum conspiracy to commit a terrorist act occuring. Maybe a really slick lawyer would have gotten him off, but you know what, possibly not.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_donnelly Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <p>Based on the considerable evidence prosecutors presented, you have to wonder if having an attorney would've made a difference. And it's surprising to me that the court allowed him to represent himself under the circumstances.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkm Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <blockquote> <p><em>One of the videos, which was played for jurors last week, showed the two driving by the Pentagon as Sadequee said: "This is where our brothers attacked the Pentagon." </em></p> </blockquote> <p>No lawyer could have helped him. The real surprising thing is that he was surprised by the reactions.</p> <blockquote> <p><br /> </p> </blockquote> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bms Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <p>There sounds like there were some bad intentions, but he also seem terribly naive and plain stupid. Defending himself in a federal court on terrorism charges? Fate (and the court) likely won't be kind to him.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve m smith Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <blockquote> <p>And it's surprising to me that the court allowed him to represent himself under the circumstances.</p> </blockquote> <p>Don't you have a right to represent yourself?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_gillette Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 <p>Yes, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 <p>Having a right and stupidly exercising it are two different things. Just because you CAN jump off a bridge into a dry riverbed doesn't mean you should.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mt4x4 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 <blockquote> <p>Don't you have a right to represent yourself?</p> </blockquote> <p>I do believe the judge has a say in this.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_lynch5 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 He should have called John Hennenberger or Crai g Gillete for legal advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_gillette Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 <p>No, he needed a competent criminal attorney (perhaps several). I know enough about the law to keep myself out of trouble in the photographic and related circumstances I find myself or my family in. This guy was facing, or could still be facing, spending the rest of his life in jail. That's hugely different from having a basic understanding of privacy and copyright issues, etc.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Shalapata Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 <p>Man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.</p> Ian Shalapataipsfoto.com | info@ipsfoto.comFreelance Multimedia Journalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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