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VOIRE DIRE FROM HELL

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The Scene: A modest courtroom on the fourth floor of our little building. Judge Reemberto Diaz and a group of hardworking prosecutors (Gayle Levine headlining) and defense lawyers (Dan Lurvey, Ken White, Bruce Fleisher, and ??) are slogging their way through panel after panel of jurors. Two defendants face the death penalty. Four criminal defense attorneys and two prosecutors pose endless questions to jurors, some of which are being questioned well into the evening hours when Rumpole prefers to be home sipping a glass of Chateau Miami River. Just how long can this last?No truth to the rumor Nightline on ABC will be running a "jurors held hostage day__" report every evening.And while it pains us to do it, (give any of our robed readers credit) lets give Judge Diaz some credit here...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).