Governmental corruption, the bribing of Percoco, seems on firm terrain; so, why the hesitancy in judging him, and set an example in stopping a revolving door allowing abuse of power as 'business as usual'? At the end, we the people are ill-served and, as usual, left holding the bag. In Bolivia, we have corruption everywhere on a chronic basis, in part due to the miserable salaries (not a justification), as seen with the informal economy, narco-trafficking, contraband and abuse of power exempt from regulation; but here in these United States, one would expect better. In Spanish we say "la ocasio'n hace al ladro'n" (the opportunity makes the thief), case in point. And 'satisfyingly' recurrent. Will justice be made?
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All it takes is one juror with an agenda to deadlock a jury! Too bad, the case as reported in the NYT clearly shows another case of corruption in NY State Government. But that is no surprise, and also the general practice in NJ and CT!
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What agenda ? The government's main witness is looking at 130 years in Club Fed. Think he's not anxious to get out from under ? Think he might lie his face off for freedom ? Then the same witness gets arrested mid testimony for admitting to the commission of a crime while out on bail.
A jury has a duty to search for the truth. What sane juror would believe a word out of this witness' mouth ?
You can't put this on the jury when neither side is telling the truth.
Politics as usual, How lovely.
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Donna, with all your knowledge based on what NYT supplies you, knows better than a dozen jurors who have all the facts?
Sheldon Silver, Dean Skelos, Norman Seabrook, Murray Huberfeld, Joe Percoco- all investigations and prosecution started by Preet Bharara, and none of which has ended in a lasting conviction, wasting more than $50,000,000 is taxpayer funds.
IS it all at possible that there is an element of prosecutorial zealotry?
Sounds like it to me, what are we talking about here..... someone gets a 90K slow-show job, the trial goes on for months, steering a NY State contract with gifts etc...............lets use the courts for the real crooks.....like the ones who take their big bucks off shore ( $ 100 Mil ) to avoid taxes.........a Pres. Cabinet member I recall..........