~SH~ said:
If "captive supplies" were not proven to be a market manipulation tool (weapon), then there is no crime nor is there a weapon.
This dog won't hunt any better than the last mutt you turned out.
~SH~
They were proven to be a weapon.
I can tell that you never did any of those "connect-the-dots" games when you were a kid. You need to get a book and get caught up. 12 jurors connected the dots.
DOT - Dr. Taylor's writings listed many respected economists who said there was incentive for the packers to manipulate markets via these marketing agreements.
DOT - 12 jurors voted unamiously that Tyson did indeed manipulate markets.
DOT - Your very own Judge Strom said, " there was evidence at trial to support the jury's finding that the use of marketing agreements has resulted in lower prices for cattle both on the cash market and the market as a whole".
DOT - Marketing agreements LOWER prices - they don't make them fluctuate or go up, they just LOWER them.
DOT - If a agreement only moves the market in one way to the general benefit of one side, it is a tool - a weapon.
Connect the dots, SH. They draw a picture.