"A Los Angeles jury found on July 31 that William E. Simon & Sons and an investment partner defrauded the management of pay phone operator Pacific Coin, which collapsed after a botched plan to take the company public.

"But Superior Court Judge James Chalfant rejected the massive punitive damages award as "absurd" and ordered a new trial."

Rejected massive punitive damages. A jury found the guy guilty, and one judge ORDERED A NEW TRIAL.

T. B. - "Does this, by the criteria of the Left, now prove beyond a doubt that he's honest?"

Do you believe he's been proven beyond a doubt to be honest? Huh, huh?

Ollie North is a lying sack of manure, guilty of treason among other things. A judge threw out the conviction on a techicality.

Does that make Ollie honest? It does to a conservative, even though he acknowledged lying under oath.

Y'see, it's OK if a conservative does it. It's OK if WTC gets devastated if there is a Republican administration.

Rarely do you see hypocrisy in quite as pure a form - judge ordered a new trial, conservatives hint this proves innocence.

Arf