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St. Lawrence Trial Day 16, May 15, 2017
There were three prosecution witnesses who appeared in the morning, and then the court scheduled the calendar and discussed summary statements in the afternoon. By the end of the day, it was decided that there would be two more witnesses presenting evidence against the Supervisor on Tuesday morning, and then the prosecution would rest. St. Lawrence’s defense attorney said that there would be no presentation for the defense. No witnesses would be called to contradict, to contest, or try to dismiss the evidence from the FBI, the SEC, auditors, and personal witnesses to St. Lawrence’s machinations that have been presented against his client for the past two weeks. Judge Seibel then asked the accused whether he would take the stand in his own defense. St. Lawrence replied: “Your honor, I’ve made a personal decision not to testify.” So there will be no defense. Just a speech by his attorney to the jury. [Read more…]