PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial

By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net

Father Andy’s defense lawyer put the district attorney on trial today, arguing that in order to put a Catholic priest in jail, the D.A. had decided that the ends justified the means.

Trevan Borum, Father Andy’s lawyer, ripped the D.A.’s office for not doing their homework. Instead of old-fashioned detective work, Borum said, the D.A. relied on a blatant appeal to emotion.

“Do not decide this case based on sympathy,” Borum told the jury. He asked the jury to recall how many times he had objected to questions from the prosecutor “designed to evoke an emotional response” from a witness.

Borum asked the jury to recall how many times they had to leave the courtroom because a witness started sobbing after being asked an “improper question” by the prosecutor.

The capper came when Assistant District Attorney Kristen Kemp did…