DeLorean, Victim of the System?
Moran misses the essence of the jury findings in the DeLorean case. The jury didn’t find De Lorean innocent, but rather found the prosecutors guilty. The whole trial was a joke.
Take 6 inches off DeLorean’s height, give him a bald head and pot belly, have him manufacture diapers instead of sport cars (all the while giving him the same financial status) and last but not least give him a fat, 50ish wife instead of the beautiful Christina and voila, you have a conviction!
The outcome was known from day one to all who followed the case. Every day DeLorean gave a press conference, and the groveling masses threw flowers and kisses at his entourage. A simple case of celebrity worship and justice be damned. Moral: If you want to deal in dope you can beat the system if you have the right trappings.
I will be watching very closely the Northrop engineer espionage case (also built by entrapment) and predict a decidedly different outcome.
EMERALD HALDERMAN Riverside
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