The international community should further let it be known that if any group seeks to interfere with the trial by orchestrating violence in support of Mr. Taylor, its leaders will be subject to indictment themselves.
The judge in the most recent John Gotti case, I. Leo Glasser, had instructed Cutler not to make public statements that could interfere with the trial, and Cutler had had the gall to give interviews in which he asserted his client's innocence and vouched for his character.
Given that the bus problem interfered with Mr. Peterson's scheduled testimony, the Legal Aid Society is investigating the situation, including an allegation by others that a shutdown may have been orchestrated to interfere with the trial, said Steven Banks, the chief attorney for Legal Aid.
Months after the guilty verdicts, Richard Yardley, the only juror to find the men not guilty, wrote a letter to the defence barrister alleging someone at Soca tried to interfere with the trial itself.
Furthermore, the use of any medicine that the investigator considered could interfere with the trial results was also disallowed.
Medications that were considered as possibly able to interfere with the trial results were not allowed and included some antidiabetic drugs (tolbutamide, glipizide), H2-receptor antagonist, cardiac glycosides, cimetidine, digoxin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
treatment; the presence of uncontrolled cardiac disease, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, infections or other medical conditions that could have interfered with the trial.
Three injections of Lan ATG were planned for each treatment group, but some patients, whose vacation period interfered with the trial completion, received five injections.
Mr. Kerik previously pledged to speed the case to a hearing, but said yesterday that police officials were talking with prosecutors to ensure that the department did not interfere with the criminal trial.
