Farnese Jury Asked To Decide Between Bribe Or `Good Deed'
By George Anastasia
For BigTrial.net
It was a lesson in political pragmatism delivered by the defense attorney for beleaguered State Senator Larry Farnese at the opening of Farnese's corruption trial.
You don't pay a bribe with a check, lawyer Mark Sheppard told the U.S. District Court jury that will decide Farnese's fate. And you don't pay a bribe for one…