Burum lawyers to get unredacted copy of Grand Jury testimony - San Bernardino County Sun- Wow, like why was a motion needed?

Burum lawyers to get unredacted copy of Grand Jury testimony - San Bernardino County Sun
Blogger Bob: Wow...imagine having to ask the court for the transcript of the proceeding that may exonerate you? Holding such exculpatory evidence is a prosecutorial no no, is it not? Were Jeff Burum not a wealthy man, represented by a former federal judge (who has to be pricy), does anyone really think the information would be released and the DA's office would be suggesting more may be released? Isn't everyone benefited by having all the cards on the table and there being full disclosure?

Postmus Pleads Guilty to 15 Counts--DA Finds Way to Muzzle Postmus?

An effective strategy to muffling Postmus relating his alleged inside information on some of the DA's office's misconduct/malicious motives is to chase off private defense counsel with aggressive litigation tactics, leave the defendant with counsel he may not have full confidence in to try the case (and even if he did, not the resources to fight a protracted battle) and force him to plead guilty to 15 counts with no sentencing on any of the charges [http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/postmus29.22d084feb.html] so if the DA does not like what Postmus testifies to, the DA recommends to the judge ringing Postmus up for a max sentence?--Isn't that rather like burying testimony you don't want to come out and buying what you do want to come out? Isn't that censoring content? Who is the gatekeeper on Postmus' memory? Isn't that also bomb-proofing yourself against the potential damage from a material witness' testimony against you? Certainly Postmus painted a target on himself over the years and made moral judgment errors, but he made a mistake. When he did what he did, he wasn't the elected DA. Heh--imagine the Colonies' defense--"the County's prosecution against us was only possible after they found three convicted felons who were willing to lie again (this time against us)". Wow