Defending Mohammad : justice on trial / Robert E. Precht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Precht, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salameh, Mohammad--Trials, litigation, etc.

Salameh, Mohammad.

Trials (Terrorism)--New York (State)--New York.

Trials (Terrorism).

World Trade Center Bombing, New York, N.Y., 1993.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This is the inside story of an epic courtroom showdown between terrorism and the American legal system. On a snowy day in February 1993, a massive car bomb nearly toppled the World Trade Center. Four Middle Eastern men were quickly arrested and charged with the crime. At the time, Robert Precht was a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society Federal Defender Division in Manhattan, handling routine cases as a public defender. He was surprised to be appointed defense attorney to the chief suspect, Mohammad Salameh, and challenged as never before by the media circus that this major trial terrorism trial would prove to be. The events and personalities of the trial make for gripping reading, but equally compelling are Precht's observations on the forces arrayed against fair trials for accused terrorists.

Contents:

My appointment

The right to a fair trial

"We try cases in the courtroom"

Discovery

Strategy

Can you be fair and impartial?

Opening statements

Relevance and prejudice

How are you going to feel?

Cross-examination

You guys aren't loyal

A person like this one

My father

You don't see the case for what it is

A Christmas visit

I'm fairly certain he did it

It was misleading

Mosque

Do not cry

Summations

I could not believe my ears

Verdict

Appeal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-178) and index.

ISBN:

0801441552

OCLC:

51637669