Pellicano's clients deserved a more thorough cross-examination

May 06, 2008 Sure, we'll soon know whether Anthony Pellicano, the alleged wiretapper to the stars, will stay in jail for longer than the six years it took to get a verdict. Yet with the exception of attorney Terry Christensen, who faces a separate trial because the government has him on tape allegedly chatting about wiretaps, the feds never charged or even publicly challenged Pellicano's powerful network of lawyers. "Lawyers are sworn to uphold the justice system," Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson says.

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