In memoriam: the Royals we lost in 2020
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The end of the year allows us some time to reflect and remember. Baseball lost many major figures this year, seven of them Hall of Famers - second baseman Joe Morgan, outfielder Al Kaline, Lou Brock, and pitchers Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Phil Niekro, and Tom Seaver. The game also lost other big figures such as Dick Allen, Tony Fernandez, Jim Wynn, Jay Johnstone, Claudell Washington, Matt Keough, Ed Farmer, Roger Moret, Tony Taylor. and Ron Perranoski. We also lost some Kansas City Athletics, including Jay Hankins, Jack McMahan, Dan Pfister, Bobby Prescott, Hal Raether, Hal Smith, and most notably, Don Larsen, who is the only pitcher to ever throw a perfect game in the World Series.
the late 70s into the law, each of them asked for it. they waived a white flag and said i surrender my right to appeal and i would like to be subject to the death penalty. so we really don t have it in this state. nevertheless, as you point out, the jury comes back next tuesday and starts this process. when you look back at the case, was there any other outcome? probably not. the overwhelming evidence seems to be here. it really did. i think jack mcmahan who is a really smart, street smart lawyer saw what he had in his hands, took a risk in not presenting not only dr. gosnell who doesn t have a legal obligation to testify, he didn t even put on any evidence. instead he concentrated his energies on pointing whether the baby had been born alive. put it on the line in his closing statement and said the prosecution failed to meet its burden in this case. it was probably the best he could do armed with the facts
0 it just seemed to me that having been interviewed, having knowledge of the matter, and then interacting with the press, that it seemed to me probably better for me to step out. you had a strongly worded defense, using the federal court system in terrorism cases. you expressed a lot of regret about how guantanamo ended up. is it your desire as we move into this second term to make another push to transer prisoners back to the united states? i think we ought to use our federal court system. it has proven to be effective. it is a place in which we can convict people charged with terrorist-related offenses. also a place we can get valuable intelligence. what we ll try to do is to close guantanamo. the president has indicated it is too expensive. it is a recruitment tool for terrorists. it has a negative impact with our relationship with our allies so we ll make a renewed effort been violated? we ll have to get to that. there are a variety of statutes within the irs code that i am n
about these abortions occurred after the 24-week maximum period under pennsylvania law, and there s very little dispute he did not counsel the recipients of abortions as state law requires. those are the lesser charges. the lottery contested ones are the first degree murder and the third degree murder, the involuntary manslaughter, and the operating a racketeering venture, which is what he is also charged with which, if he is found guilty on, will bankrupt him because the government is entitled to seek treble damages for that. three times the amount of money he earn from the abortions, he would owe in fines. gosnell declined to testify in his defense, or even call witnesses at this capital murder trial. instead his attorney, guy named jack mcmahan, offered a passion not, often angry defense of his client, blaming the intense media interest in the case and the prosecution for creating what he called a tremendous rush to judgment, quoting here, never in my life have i seen the presumpt
painkillers being prescribed out of that. and authorities instead came upon these abortions underway of late at night and then you started to hear allegations of the filthy conditions. and ultimately these charges that he faces right now, michael. reporter: the case as you well know is based on the most heinous of facts, regardless of whether he is ultimately convicted. unfortunately it has become a political football of sorts in the debate between the pro-life and pro-choice communities. what is interesting to me as a trial lawyer, is that when all was said and done, dr. gosnell did not testify in his own behalf and he certainly doesn t have to. but nor did his attorney put on any evidence. essentially jack mcmahan who is one of the best defense lawyers in the city of philadelphia stood up and said to the jury that the prosecution had not proven its case and put everything on the line with regard to his closing argument. which is quite a risky move.