and its news department has put Kas Roussy on the beat. (During jury selection, it was Heather Hiscox who was covering it.) Ms. Roussy's first report sketched out the strategies of the prosecution and the defense: for the former, the case will be presented in a "simple, but methodical" manner, focusing on Conrad Black's "greed." The latter will try to "humanize" Mr. Black.
Terry Campbell, a trial attorney, was brought on by Ms. Roussy and noted that Mr. Radler's role is to seal up the prosecution's case through eyewitness observation, and that he'll be Witness Numero Uno for defense cross-examination, who will try to impugn him as rolling "for a good deal."
[UPDATE: The trial is on hold. Judge St. Eve has taken the “extraordinary step” of questioning each juror to see if he or she has read of the Radler settlements, or if they’ll be influenced by any such reports, thanks to a challenge by the defense which questioned the timing of the second Radler settlement. The court is now in recess until tomorrow; the jury hasn't been sworn in yet. Thanks to CBC Newsworld for the TV updates.
[It's amazing how far, and how fast, this story has Web-propagated already. Here's the CBC Web report, and here's one from Chicago. This AP report discloses that Judge St. Eve "postponed action after hitting a snag over a juror." ]
[Latest, terse, quote from Mr. Black: "My views are well known" ",and they will not change" - thanks to Steve Skurka for the completion of the Black quote.]
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