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"But not only that. He acted with integrity and character because he believed that any person charged with a crime of whatever nature and whatever kind, no matter how serious, no matter what the consequences, that he was a person who was willing to stand up."
Yet prosecutors claim Bergrin "is really a murderer in disguise wearing the - wearing the garb of a lawyer. In many of these cases," and a particular one in which "a witness was going to appear, and you know what, a witness was murdered in that case, and who was the lawyer? Paul Bergrin. And that's the end of it. And from that, they want the Court to infer that somehow he was responsible for that murder."
"Yes, he has represented murderers. Yes, he's represented gang members. Yes, he's represented killers. (But) that does not make him part of any gang" or complicit in their crimes. Mr. Bergrin "crossed no ethical line. He crossed no - or violated no penal code."
The New York Times quoted government lawyers earlier saying that the integrity of wiretap/recorded conversations was in question, that "the tapes had not been properly dealt with, apparently (related to) a sealing problem," creating a suspicion of tampering.
The prosecution has one witness in a very thin case based on bogus charges with no proof. The man he's accused of wanting killed is in prison. "He was nowhere to be killed." The entire case is based on fabrication and intimidation to suppress truths and convict lawyers who try to expose them.
On May 29, Bergrin was denied bail, despite strong arguments for his release. If convicted, he faces possible life imprisonment, perhaps the death penalty.
In about two dozen previous articles, this writer documented a consistent pattern of US prosecutorial injustice, misconduct, and abuse against Muslims; Black, environmental and animal rights activists; Latino immigrants; and lawyer Lynne Stewart for representing an unpopular client Department of Justice attorneys wanted to convict. All were innocent, except an environmental activist who plead guilty to a minor offense that at most deserved a reprimand and perhaps small fine, not seven years hard time he's now serving in federal prison for trying to save the earth.
From known facts about his case, Bergrin threatened the powerful, so was framed to discredit and silence him. In defending the scapegoated soldiers, he performed heroically. Yet the media vilified him as a lawyer for mobsters, drug dealers, street gang members, rappers, and guilty US troops in stories like New York Times writer David Kocieniewski on May 20, 2009 headlining, "Lawyer's Ways Spelled Murder, US Is Charging."
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