Apologies
Why not simply apologize when you do something
harmful to others?
harmful to others?
People who
apologized
because they were
sorry
apologized
because they were
sorry
People who
never
apologized until
they were
convicted of
crimes
never
apologized until
they were
convicted of
crimes
Feb 16 2006
SDUT
A federal judge admitted he made a
mistake in giving full custody of
Michael Jackson's children to their
father.
SDUT
A federal judge admitted he made a
mistake in giving full custody of
Michael Jackson's children to their
father.
What's that River in
Egypt Called Again?
Randy Dotinga
Voice of San Diego
April 8, 2011
A legal firm is ending its
representation of disgraced and
imprisoned ex-Congressman Randy
"Duke" Cunningham (or Randall
Harold Cunningham, as a U-T
columnist insists on calling him),
CityBeat reports. An attorney says
there's been a "breakdown in
communication."
Cunningham recently sent a letter
to a judge and the media saying,
among other things, that his plea
was "90 to 95% untrue," adding: "I
manned up to my errors in
judgment, but I have also endured
affliction for things I did not do, like
other innocent souls, but somehow
we carry on, believing as we must
that truth will ultimately prevail with
those who know our hearts."
The letter did not come with a violin
soundtrack.
CityBeat contacted a reporter who
won a Pulitzer for uncovering
Cunningham's bribery to ask what
he thinks. "After all this time in
prison, Cunningham still sees
himself as a hero and patriot
brought down by the deviousness
of inferior people," reporter Marcus
Stern said. "No surprise, I guess.
He'll carry that denial into the wild
blue yonder, no doubt."
Apr 07, 2011
Duke Cunningham's
lawyers say goodbye
Firm quits, saying further
representation would be
'untenable, extremely burdensome
and difficult.'
By Dave Maass
City Beat
We have learned a lot about
federal inmate Randy "Duke"
Cunningham (and his erectile
dysfunction) this week. We're still
hungry for more, but new
documents filed in federal court this
week show that his lawyers have
had their fill.
One of the former Congressman's
defense attorneys, Mark Holscher,
filed a motion on Monday to have
his firm, Kirkland & Ellis, officially
removed from the case because of
a "breakdown of communication."
Judge Larry Burns signed the order
the next day.
"Without discussing privileged
communications, Kirkland & Ellis
LLP represents to the Court that a
number of months ago it reached
an impasse with Defendant that
makes continued representation
untenable, extremely burdensome
and difficult," Holscher writes in his
declaration to the court. "Defendant
will not be prejudiced by the
withdrawal of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
as his counsel of record because
he has already been convicted and
the time for appeal has passed."
In recent months, Cunningham has
begun speaking out about what he
describes as poor advice from his
attorneys to plead guilty in the
2006 corruption case, which may
explain the development.
This week, Cunningham further
expounded on his difficulties with
his attorneys in a 10-page
document titled "The Untold Story
of Duke Cunningham," which we
published yesterday. Cunningham
says that when he signed the plea
agreement he was a "walking
skeleton," emaciated and medically
sedated, who had to be helped to
the conference table by Holscher
and co-counsel Lee Blalack. He
writes:
"A third time I told my lawyers, I will
not sign a plea agreement that say
I am guilt of things I did not do.
Then Lee said, 'Duke, they will go
after your wife and children." Upon
learning that I could hardly hold my
head up and asked my lawyers,
'You mean you want me to sign a
document under oath that is 90 to
95% untrue?'
"Lee responded, 'We are here to
give you the best advice as your
lawyers, and that advice is to sign.'
I said, 'If you can get the bastards
to not go after my wife - I will sign.
My lawyers then left the conference
room for a time. When they
returned, I signed the Plea
Agreement..."
In November 2010, the San Diego
Union-Tribune scored an exclusive
jailhouse interview with
Cunningham that previewed many
of the claims Cunningham has now
put on paper. At the time, reporter
Greg Moran reported that Holsher
and Blalack were no longer
representing Cunningham; in a
message today, Moran tells
CityBeat that he knew this to be
true for Blalack but he mistakenly
applied it to Holscher.
Egypt Called Again?
Randy Dotinga
Voice of San Diego
April 8, 2011
A legal firm is ending its
representation of disgraced and
imprisoned ex-Congressman Randy
"Duke" Cunningham (or Randall
Harold Cunningham, as a U-T
columnist insists on calling him),
CityBeat reports. An attorney says
there's been a "breakdown in
communication."
Cunningham recently sent a letter
to a judge and the media saying,
among other things, that his plea
was "90 to 95% untrue," adding: "I
manned up to my errors in
judgment, but I have also endured
affliction for things I did not do, like
other innocent souls, but somehow
we carry on, believing as we must
that truth will ultimately prevail with
those who know our hearts."
The letter did not come with a violin
soundtrack.
CityBeat contacted a reporter who
won a Pulitzer for uncovering
Cunningham's bribery to ask what
he thinks. "After all this time in
prison, Cunningham still sees
himself as a hero and patriot
brought down by the deviousness
of inferior people," reporter Marcus
Stern said. "No surprise, I guess.
He'll carry that denial into the wild
blue yonder, no doubt."
Apr 07, 2011
Duke Cunningham's
lawyers say goodbye
Firm quits, saying further
representation would be
'untenable, extremely burdensome
and difficult.'
By Dave Maass
City Beat
We have learned a lot about
federal inmate Randy "Duke"
Cunningham (and his erectile
dysfunction) this week. We're still
hungry for more, but new
documents filed in federal court this
week show that his lawyers have
had their fill.
One of the former Congressman's
defense attorneys, Mark Holscher,
filed a motion on Monday to have
his firm, Kirkland & Ellis, officially
removed from the case because of
a "breakdown of communication."
Judge Larry Burns signed the order
the next day.
"Without discussing privileged
communications, Kirkland & Ellis
LLP represents to the Court that a
number of months ago it reached
an impasse with Defendant that
makes continued representation
untenable, extremely burdensome
and difficult," Holscher writes in his
declaration to the court. "Defendant
will not be prejudiced by the
withdrawal of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
as his counsel of record because
he has already been convicted and
the time for appeal has passed."
In recent months, Cunningham has
begun speaking out about what he
describes as poor advice from his
attorneys to plead guilty in the
2006 corruption case, which may
explain the development.
This week, Cunningham further
expounded on his difficulties with
his attorneys in a 10-page
document titled "The Untold Story
of Duke Cunningham," which we
published yesterday. Cunningham
says that when he signed the plea
agreement he was a "walking
skeleton," emaciated and medically
sedated, who had to be helped to
the conference table by Holscher
and co-counsel Lee Blalack. He
writes:
"A third time I told my lawyers, I will
not sign a plea agreement that say
I am guilt of things I did not do.
Then Lee said, 'Duke, they will go
after your wife and children." Upon
learning that I could hardly hold my
head up and asked my lawyers,
'You mean you want me to sign a
document under oath that is 90 to
95% untrue?'
"Lee responded, 'We are here to
give you the best advice as your
lawyers, and that advice is to sign.'
I said, 'If you can get the bastards
to not go after my wife - I will sign.
My lawyers then left the conference
room for a time. When they
returned, I signed the Plea
Agreement..."
In November 2010, the San Diego
Union-Tribune scored an exclusive
jailhouse interview with
Cunningham that previewed many
of the claims Cunningham has now
put on paper. At the time, reporter
Greg Moran reported that Holsher
and Blalack were no longer
representing Cunningham; in a
message today, Moran tells
CityBeat that he knew this to be
true for Blalack but he mistakenly
applied it to Holscher.
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