As noted previously here, on March 2, I participated in a "mock trial" of the American death penalty in London. Still photos by Andrew Aitchison are here. The event was video recorded by the Guardian, London's very left wing newspaper. They have been sitting on the video ever since.

The Guardian has finally posted a heavily edited version of the video here. The edited version does include portions of the sterling performances of Paul Cassell and Robert Blecker, and those are certainly worth watching.

The Guardian decided to cut out entirely the testimony on the race bias question by Nicholas Trenticosta of the Center for Equal Justice and by yours truly.

They did find space, though, for the closing bloviating by Geoffrey Robertson, QC, who was supposed to be a judge giving directions to the jury but who actually delivered a closing argument for one side. Our barrister advised us afterward that if this had been a real trial, that would have been a clear case of reversible error.

The "verdict" was predetermined by the composition of the audience, as noted in my pre-event post, but our team was pleased to get as many votes as we did under the circumstances.

Discussions are still underway to get the full video. I hope to be able to show you why the Guardian did not want the Trenticosta-Scheidegger debate to see the light of day.