I was asked to post my slant on the Bunte trial. I was not sure exactly what to write until a friend asked me if I thought Bunte was actually guilty or "COULD" he be just the fall guy?ÿ This is what I wrote back to them, which I feel says where I am with this whole affair.
I agree that too much time has elapsed to be perfectly clear on
everything and every detail.ÿ My take on this is simple, 1. Is Bunte guilty of anything?ÿ "Yes", the question is "of what???".ÿ That I don't know. At the least, as you said, he may have been sucked in at the beginning and then things got out of hand. That in itself is still wrong, he knew that the company didn't have an endless supply of cash, and for him to "take a loan for the amounts that he did", no matter how he plannedÿ to repay said loan, was damaging to everyone. At worst, he and "K" and "?", had a well planned out play that they acted out scene by scene, line by line, and he is using his " I'm just a simple victim like everyone else" character, in trying to
get the lightest punishment possible. At this point I just do not know. The one thing that I will say is, that if the jury finds him innocent then I will give him the benefit of the doubt and at that point will say that the only thing he is guilty of is being stupid.ÿ 2. Was "B" or "K" the mastermind?ÿ I feel that at this point, "K" was definitely the mastermind. He has already plead guilty so yes he is a crook. I have no doubt that he rolled over to try and get himself a lighter sentence. Would he say that "B" is guilty, when just maybe he isn't, you bet. Would he tell any lie that he thought the investigators wanted to hear, again, with out a doubt. Would he
do anything that it took, no matter how low or dishonest, I would stake anything on that bet. But, is he??ÿ Or is he now telling the truth, not wanting to take the fall alone while his cohorts run free and continue there lives?ÿ That, only the jury will decide and I will abide by what they find to be the truth. I just refuse to make an actual judgement call right now as there are still too many unknowns, too many characters still unaccounted for, too, too many unanswered questions?
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ I hope that this gives you a feel for where I stand right now. As too your other question, No, we were not allowed to be in the courtroom except for our testimony. The judge felt that if we were to sit in there while others testified, that it might just influence the jury by watching us and our reactions, and "B" would not get a fair trial. I'll tell you this, I wished with all of my being that we could have though.
Cindy, Ken said that he didn't know if you got the picture that he tried to forward to you or not. If you did not get it or were not able to view it, write me privately and tell me what formats you can view and I will resend it directly to you. BTW, great picture of yourself :-)
William Brotherson (wb229ahc@micron.net) |
