Labels:book | bulletin board | reckoner | sky OCR: The district judge's action nor only had the effect of impermissibly cutting off f Liteky's background testimony, his remark that the defendant was nothing more than the person named the Indictment was unnecessarily demeaning The judge implied that Liteky's only relevant background experience was that he had been charged with crime In addition to his hostile and demeaning comments defendants the district judge also refused to allow the defendants testify about the events which impacted their state of mind Judge Elliott's stubborn refusal permit the defendants testify about what occurred TT Salvador particularly ironic that repeatedly permitted the government introduce vI- dence and exhibits which exp lained the detendants motives for their protest at the School of the Americas. 1991 Trans ...