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Some of the reason may stem from what another frequent trial observer, Alex Hinton of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University, calls "tribunal fatigue".
"It's critically important for someone at such a high level to say they did wrong," said Judith Armatta, a lawyer and trial observer for the Coalition for International Justice, a tribunal support group based in Washington.
"They're simply bringing forth all the information they have and laying it before the judge without putting as much advocacy behind it as you would expect," said one trial observer who has been briefed on the defense case, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
To follow the extraordinary – and extraordinarily complicated – proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the Trial Observer blog offers regular updates and links from Phnom Penh, as Cambodian and international lawyers fight to bring to justice the accused.
The ruling drew condemnation from trial observers and lawyers who had come to the trial opening.
He had never tried a case before, and trial observers said he was often outmatched by highly seasoned defense lawyers.
Every time there is a high-profile trial, observers rush to draw conclusions about the American legal system or even about American society based on the results.
Outside the courtroom – as police jostled journalists, and pushed one into the path of a passing car – diplomats and trial observers expressed incredulity at the verdict.
According to close trial observers, Cambodian civil plaintiffs have been an important daily presence in the courtroom, and thousands of ordinary people have attended sessions.
The verdict shocked trial observers and unleashed a kind of collective tirade, which has sometimes spilled into outright threats and violence.
Two British al-Jazeera journalists and a Dutch freelancer were sentenced to a decade in jail in absentia – despite the prosecution, according to trial observers Amnesty International, failing "to produce a single shred of solid evidence".
