He may have a case...

The jury has been deliberating for four hours already, indicating that this is not the clear open and shut some thought for one side, and some thought for the other. Here is a newspaper reporter's account of at least part of the key jury instruction on the entrapment defense: "Chief U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade gave the jury special directions on how to decide whether Stabler entrapped...

Isn't it strange that the new USCF president, Beatriz Marinello, is listed with a membership expiration date of August 2003 in the USCF database? Also strange is the spelling of her first name as Beatrice and her residency as New York, which was her former residence. She is now officially a resident of Miami, Florida? Or is she not? George Mirijanian

It turns out that the decision to have Sherzer go on the stand, and admit wrongdoing was quite correct. It was a big risk, but it paid off for him. By essentially admitting to what the State accused him of doing, he allowed the jury to focus on the nature of the crime (even the Prosecutor admitted that Sherzer's actions might be interpreted as barely legal), and on the entrapment defense. I'm...

"Debi Sherry" wrote: I'm glad you're still following the newsgroup, and commenting on various topics. Have you considered actually playing in a rated tournament? You'd meet a LOT of old friends, even though most of them have never met you in person. The camaraderie would be great.

see this address for the details: http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1064526550195740.xml

Here's some background material on Alex Sherzer's lawyer, Carlos Williams, a black man, who is a federal defender in Mobile, Ala. He received a bachelor's degree from Friends World College and obtained his law degree from Antioch School of Law in 1981. He is executive director of Federal Defenders Inc., based in Mobile. Before joining that organization, he was a staff attorney with Legal Services...

Dear Sam, You are a lying scumbag. John Fernandez

.. Stan Booz, who I suspect is far from alone, wonders why it is that Larry Parr insists upon constantly correcting his grammar -- the last incident consisted of an eye-test which few older readers would likely pass: Mr. Parr managed to spot a missing period -- in ten point font! I suspect he either wears bifocals, or else has one heck of a computer monitor: big screen, anti-glare, flat-panel,...

Heh, heh, heh....from AOL News: -------- "Nottingham said the do-not-call list was unconstitutional under the First Amendment because it does not apply equally to all kinds of speech, blocking commercial telemarketing calls but not calls from charities. ''The FTC has chosen to entangle itself too much in the consumer's decision by manipulating consumer choice,'' Nottingham wrote." -------- RSHaas

While it will be hard for me to outdo last year's USC Holiday Gift Selections, it is once again time to produce some of the most "unique" items offered for sale this year in the USC Holiday Gift Extravaganza Catalog #1-Christmas from the Pain Cave-This beautiful and charming collection of Pain Cave music and chatter comes in either CD or VHS, $29.95 for CD, $21.95 for VHS, please add $8.95 for...

She was 2208 or something like that, I was 1890. Beat her on the white side of a sicilian in about 18 moves.

Would some one please email me how to do the little trick of including extra characters in your email address to foil the email harvesters. Thanx, Allan

To say he's guilty would be to say that is because: 1. He and the girl were not married at the time of the meeting; and/or 2. He chose to cross state lines rather than having already lived in Alabama at the time he met the girl. In either case, even if you grant that he had the intent to have sex with her, that act, in and of itself, was not harmful to the girl, as the state of Alabama...

(Danny Purvis) wrote Exactly! The girl was by no means your stereotypical juvenile delinquent. Sherzer's testimony shows that her father was a physician. At the least the girl has genes from a woman who attracted a physician. If her father was also her biological father, she also has genes from a physician. So the girl has a special heritage and probably...

Judit Polgar played some chess games with Yona Koshashvili...Does anybody have the games scores? ============================================================================ Sherzer panel begins review Supporters play chess while jurors weigh doctor's fate 09/25/03

It is being said that the background of this is that during the USCF business meetings in Los Angeles last month, Hanke made several advances towards Ms. Polgar. Ms. Polgar, a married woman, spurned his advances, and now Hanke is said to be attacking her in retaliation. "It is being said" Yes Sam, you are saying it. There appears to be no depth limit to how low can Sam go.

In other threads, we've noted the success of scholastic chess, in large part due to the social background -- namely that there is a community of players based on schools and teams. Another thread has also noted corporate chess, which seems to often be unrelated to USCF. These leagues have also been successful in part because of the social background. One of the downsides of the super...

Here's the link, for those who can only wonder... http://www.mensaboutique.com/ I e-mailed them to ask why they didn't offer logo-embossed dildos, but that was silly, really, given the hermetic, onanistic lifestyle that is the average Mensan's. Of course, a quick canvas over the sea of poorly-dressed nose-pickers that populate your average over-priced GM feeding trough, excuse me,

Pediatrics? Gynecology? After his prison stint, he may find that he has an interest in Proctology.