Kent Hovind Trials – Final Round Of The First Fight – Installment Five
Jonathan Schwartz continues his analysis of the final day of Kent Hovind's March trial. Thomas Steven Keith has been practicing law for 38 years. He’s sixty-two. He...
The Trials Of Kent Hovind – An American Tragedy
Hovind and Hansen are sanguine that Hansen’s brilliant territorial jurisdiction arguments are going to stun the government and cause them to back off. I don’t think that is likely. I am not going to handicap the upcoming trial. Another hung jury is not out of the question. In a sense, it does not matter since Hansen and Hovind will face sentencing on the charges that yielded convictions in March. It is virtually certain that they will appeal and at least some of their supporters are dedicated enough to keep the cause going.
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