Thursday, April 30, 2009

Plaintiffs wrap up their case in MRGO trial - State - SunHerald.com

Plaintiffs wrap up their case in MRGO trial - State - SunHerald.com
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Before stepping down from the witness box, U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. allowed Rodriguez to make a final statement. And the politician - a looming figure with his black and brown cowboy garb, big belt buckles, walking cane and blunt language - spoke with emotion.

"What it took Mother Nature to put together in 1,000 years, the corps destroyed it in 40 years," Rodriguez said, referring to the channel's destruction of marsh and swamp forest.

"I'll be totally honest with you," Rodriguez said. "I think, today, that the corps and the steamboat association should be indicted for murder. That's how I feel about the whole thing."

"Thank you, sir," Duval said.

The Corps of Engineers referred questions to the Department of Justice. Charles Miller, a Justice Department spokesman, said "we would have no comment in regard to" Rodriguez's statement.


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