The shooting at a Florida airport Friday afternoon
exposed one
of the most glaring security
weaknesses in the U.S.:
areas inside airports that aren't subject to routine security checks.
Charleston in particular has
exposed an additional
area of weakness in our country, what Mayor de Blasio aptly called, «the intersection
of racism and guns».
We would like to invite you and your client to meet with us to discuss an alternative means to resolve this matter in a way that is fair to our clients and respects the mandate
of yours... We are
of the opinion that, viewed objectively, the state
of the evidence to this point demonstrates that this prosecution has no reasonable prospect
of success... You have no evidence to respond to our experts and, it seems to us, no reasonable basis to expect they will be disbelieved... We think you will agree that an objective review
of Mr. Marschdorf's evidence
exposes serious
weaknesses in the prosecution case and significant
areas of agreement between the defence and your only witness... You are dependent on a theory advanced by Mr. Osborne which misconceives the law.