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Judge's ruling on use of trust fund for Heather's lawyer
This just in! From ABC7 in Chicago:
http://abc7chicago.com/news/heather-mack-wants-trust-fund-money-to-pay-for-defense/477519/
This just in! From ABC7 in Chicago:
Heather Mack, 19, accused of murdering her mother in Indonesia, has the right to use her trust fund money to obtain counsel of her own choice, according to Judge Neil H. Cohen of the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago.
Judge Cohen said Mack has a right to choose her own counsel as "a bedrock value of the U.S. justice system." He also expressed concern that Mack's proposed Indonesian attorney is looking at her trust fund as a "goose that laid the golden egg." Cohen expressed concern that the trust money may be used for bribes.
With the trial set to resume next week in Indonesia, Judge Cohen says time is short to come to an agreement on whom the overseas counsel should be.
Judge Cohen said Mack has a right to choose her own counsel as "a bedrock value of the U.S. justice system." He also expressed concern that Mack's proposed Indonesian attorney is looking at her trust fund as a "goose that laid the golden egg." Cohen expressed concern that the trust money may be used for bribes.
With the trial set to resume next week in Indonesia, Judge Cohen says time is short to come to an agreement on whom the overseas counsel should be.
http://abc7chicago.com/news/heather-mack-wants-trust-fund-money-to-pay-for-defense/477519/