And You Thought the Lawyers Were Bad

Just when you thought that the big-time media circus criminal trials could not get any more crass, consider this article from today's New York Times. It tells how local tourism officials are lobbying the trial judge in the Scott Peterson murder case in an effort to have the trial moved to their particular county. Yes, you read right: tourism officials. Aware of the fact that the trial would bring in ancillary dollars by the truck full, they are trying to make sure their burghs share in the windfall, bidding for the trial as they might for the Super Bowl. I sort of admire the brutal realism of their push - it will mean big bucks for whichever county hosts the trial of the century du jour. At least it also makes the various lawyers involved look not quite so bad.