Today I have to listen closely to the cross-examination of FBI Agent Gerald Montinari (retired). It may give us a clue as to the defense that Whitey intends to put up. There are several that he may be interested in putting forth. As I see them they are: The Sick Stomach Supplication: Carney will throw up…

Agent Gerald Montinari has been telling about his interactions with Brian Halloran who seemed to have been giving him the run around. He didn’t want a lie detector test, he was waffling on going into the witness protection program, and he had told his lawyer he was working with the FBI. Basically he was proving…

I have to say the defense team committed a big blunder having the medical examiner go through each of the 19 deaths. From an earlier exchange between counsel, Zac Hafer said he wanted to put the evidence in through stipulation rather than having the doctor testify. He said defense would not agree to it. So…

We are waiting this week to hear from Benji Ditchman. I’m not sure exactly how this will play out. He could come as soon as today or more likely later in the week. I wonder if the prosecutor is thinking of using him as its last witness. That would not be the wisest way to…

I must touch upon the Trayvon Martin tragedy – as our president called it. The death of any one young man is a tragedy, the death of hundreds is a statistic, to paraphrase the eminent humanitarian Joe Stalin. I do this in the context of the recent verdict and having recently gone to Castle Island…

(This is being published each Sunday in serial form. For full view of past postings go here. } Dates are important for understanding the true impact of what happened here. Nothing happens in a vacuum. Decisions are made with other factors in mind. In court we hear about something happening. We get a limited picture of what…