Liberty City Six Judge Refuses to Pay Private Investigator After He Speaks Out (Broward New Times)

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By Bob Norman
Published on March 10, 2009 at 12:59pm

... For one private investigator who worked long and hard on the case, Rory McMahon, the bill came to $9,000. For making the mistake of speaking his mind, the veteran P.I. was also banned from the case ...

McMahon's crime: He had the nerve to criticize the judge during the first trial in a story of mine in New Times ("Have Terror, Will Travel," November 22, 2007) ...

He became part of the case back in 2007, when Miami defense attorney Albert Levin hired him to work on behalf of Liberty City defendant Patrick Abraham, an impoverished 20-something Haitian immigrant with no prior criminal record. Abraham was swept up in the case the Bush administration once hailed as a rare victory in the War on Terror ...

In my previous article, I quoted McMahon saying, "If I was one of the lawyers, I'd be in jail for contempt right now. I would be ranting and raving. It's like the judge is saying, 'They're terrorists, so let's throw out the rulebook' " ...

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2009-03-12/news/liberty-city-six-judge-refuses-to-pay-private-investigator-after-he-speaks-out/