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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (898)	9/26/2000 12:48:46 AM
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jimrogan.org Young Deputy District Attorney James Rogan Wins Highly Publicized Case Without a Word Excerpts from "Hero or Villian" By Faye Fiore Los Angeles Times The man had downed 10 beers, climbed into his car and killed two mothers and two children in Glendale. The 1990 case was one of the year's most highly publicized local trials and Deputy District Attorney Jim Rogan was prosecutor. He planned to make his closing argument without uttering a word. It was a gamble the jury might see as cheap histrionics. Rogan's boss warned against it. Opening his briefcase, a nervous Rogan took out a can of Budweiser, locked his elbows on his hips to keep his hands from shaking and poured until 10 glasses and 10 empty cans stood in an incriminating row on the rail of the jury box. He looked at the accused, at the survivors, at the jury, snapped his fingers and sat down. The verdict came back in less than 45 minutes: guilty on all counts. The performance was written up in Trial Excellence magazine. His appointment as a municipal judge followed a few months later. In his recollection of the story, Rogan was trying to say he's an inveterate risk-taker--the risk at that moment being a 2000 Senate run against Dianne Feinstein, the popular Democratic incumbent. Clearly, he was dying to take the plunge--just like in that courtroom 10 years ago. "Just like pouring those beers," he said. ************* And most importantly...... this link... jimrogan.org