For the next couple of years, the married team of Beth Gage and George Gage followed Mr. DeChristopher through a federal indictment, nine trial postponements and the maturation of his climate warrior identity.
In the Manhattan case where he was removed for wreaking scheduling havoc over two and a half years of missed court dates and trial postponements, Justice Daniel P. Conviser wrote a 2011 decision that is still making the courthouse rounds because of its tone of simmering fury.
The film follows DeChristopher as he waits out nine trial postponements over the course of two years.
This is the first study ever to systematically evaluate statin trials using average postponement of death as the primary outcome.
After several postponements, their trial began on Jan . 12with the reading of the charges, according to reports that reached the Western news media.
Commenting on the postponement of the trial until after Passover, Hossein Ali Amiri, an Iranian provincial court official, said the trial was delayed "out of respect for the beliefs of the Jews" (news article, April 14).
(The move followed the postponement of a trial scheduled in late February in Louisiana district court).
The announcement also led to a one-day postponement of a trial in Manhattan federal district court.
In the wake of the Exxon Mobil opinion, another oil company, Unocal, has won a five-month postponement of its trial involving alleged misconduct in Myanmar.
Mr. O'Mara said he requested a postponement of the trial because he needed more time to prepare, and he accused prosecutors of moving slowly in making evidence and witnesses available.
