Dateline - Nancy Cooper Case Airing 8-19-11

[3doglady]

$233,116 went to Kurtz, who was paid for 2,429 hours billed.
OMG, that SOB billed us taxpayers for 15 full months of work!!!!
Are you kidding me?
Colin Willoughby made $190,000 for the same 15 months, overseeing 1000's of cases.

What's wrong w/ this picture?

And then Kurtz complained during the trial that the defense funds were cut short. Geez

 

[johnfear]

Yeah, just wanting to point out (I've moved on to JY and RA in my head) that the true "costs" of this trial, even from a financial perspective are not described here.

Someone through out a number for CW, but neglected to include FBI-time, SBI-time, etc. etc. as part of the prosecution side.

Kurtz was trying to keep pace with them (and poorly so) to have a test for the defendant match the testing for the prosecution.

I think this trial will play a big role in future budget cuts for the Courts and the PD's office.

 

[otto]

Article about the man that Nancy Cooper was in contact with shortly before her death:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/c...uest+column+financier+take/5629187/story.html