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  <tr><td align="center" class="commentbar1"><b>Alsup himself is in chambers every day before 5:30 a.m.,</b> | 81 comments |  <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/users.php%3fmode=new" class="commentbar1">Create New Account</a></td></tr>
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      <tr><td class="commenttitle"><a name="c972685"></a>Robert Van Nest, Google's lead attorney, said he'd like the jurors to have a break...</td></tr>
<tr><td>Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 10:29 AM EDT</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Silverwav nli<p>[ <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/comment.php%3fsid=20120503071218208&amp;pid=972685&amp;title=Robert%20Van%20Nest%2C%20Google%27s%20lead%20attorney%2C%20said%20he%27d%20like%20the%20jurors%20to%20have%20a%20break...&amp;type=article">Reply to This</a> | <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/comment.php%3fmode=display&amp;sid=20120503071218208&amp;title=Robert%20Van%20Nest%2C%20Google%27s%20lead%20attorney%2C%20said%20he%27d%20like%20the%20jurors%20to%20have%20a%20break...&amp;type=article&amp;order=&amp;hideanonymous=0&amp;pid=0">Parent</a> | <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/comment.php%3fmode=display&amp;sid=20120503071218208&amp;title=Robert%20Van%20Nest%2C%20Google%27s%20lead%20attorney%2C%20said%20he%27d%20like%20the%20jurors%20to%20have%20a%20break...&amp;type=article&amp;order=&amp;hideanonymous=0&amp;pid=972684#c972685" title="Permanent Link">#</a> ]<br></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="commenttitle"><a name="c972686"></a>Alsup himself is in chambers every day before 5:30 a.m.,</td></tr>
<tr><td>Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 10:32 AM EDT</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Alsup himself is in chambers every day before 5:30 a.m.,<p>[ <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/comment.php%3fsid=20120503071218208&amp;pid=972686&amp;title=Alsup%20himself%20is%20in%20chambers%20every%20day%20before%205%3A30%20a.m.%2C&amp;type=article">Reply to This</a> | <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/comment.php%3fmode=display&amp;sid=20120503071218208&amp;title=Robert%20Van%20Nest%2C%20Google%27s%20lead%20attorney%2C%20said%20he%27d%20like%20the%20jurors%20to%20have%20a%20break...&amp;type=article&amp;order=&amp;hideanonymous=0&amp;pid=0">Parent</a> | <a href="http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/comment.php%3fmode=display&amp;sid=20120503071218208&amp;title=Alsup%20himself%20is%20in%20chambers%20every%20day%20before%205%3A30%20a.m.%2C&amp;type=article&amp;order=&amp;hideanonymous=0&amp;pid=972684#c972686" title="Permanent Link">#</a> ]<br></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="commenttitle"><a name="c972802"></a>Cruel and unusual punishment</td></tr>
<tr><td>Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 04:15 PM EDT</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Another judge, another court, <a
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