Solve the case of the Stolen Starlight Scope and you could win a $1,000 award

July 31, 2008 - PRLog -- The first night spy scope for rifles was developed during World War II. However, the images were fuzzy. Each year new technologies in magnifying faint starlight and using thermal heat images improved the sharpness of the scope, almost turning night into day on the battlefields and allowing soldiers to work through the night shoring up fortifications and observing enemy activity. Today the Starlight Scope is used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan.
     Our legal case began several years ago when the most recent scope was a closely guarded military secret. Airman "J. Mason" (not his real name) was packing the scopes in the warehouse at the airbase. An officer noticed that one of the scopes was missing. Everyone in the warehouse was questioned but no one admiitted knowing anything about its loss.
      Several months later the trailer home of two of Mason's friends was raided by the police. The two men were suspected of being drug dealers. During the trailer search, the scope was found in a closet. Both men claimed they knew nothing about it; only that J. Mason had hidden a package there.
       There was now a strong case again Airman Mason. He had worked with the scope. His friends and one of the base officers would testify against him in court. He faced dishonorable discharge from the Air Force and prison time.
        Now it's your turn to decide how your would decide his guilt or innocence. Just go to www.go-to-court.com. You can read a news account  of the arrest and theft as it might appear on CNN. Then you can read the transcript of the trial, seeing how the prosecrutor presents his case against the Airman.
          Then his defense attorney, Robert E. Long, says not so fast. He presents another view of the case.  Consider the evidence. When you cast your verdict, you are automatically entered in the "Trial Lawyer" sweepstakes with a chance to a win a $1,000 cash award or one of the six $50 second prizes. There is no cost to participate in this program. It is a good way to learn how the law really works. Jurors are given an opportunity to purchase "Trial Lawyer" at a 15% discount ($14.30).
      "Trial Lawyer" by Robert Long is even more exciting than Law & Order on TV or a John Grisham novel because the case stories are all true. All have been fictionalized to conceal  the names, places and other identifying details in the stories. These cases include stories from real life - a naive couple who leave a baby alone in an apartment when they go to a movie and are charged with child abandonment, a convicted felon who is wrongfully accused of buying a gun, a college professor who wants to divorce her husband who is a plumber's assistant, a man accuded of fathering a child with a woman he has not seen in over a year, and the complete story of Airman Mason - with a surprise ending almost no one could guess.
       Some readers have described `Trial Lawyer" as a law school in a book, helping readers understand how the law really works (and sometimes doesn't work) in America.
You can enter the sweepstakes now and get more details of the other cases in the book by going to www.go-to-court.com.

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