miscarriages of justice earlier i spoke to william endorsees attorney for one of the cuban five luis medina and i asked him his thoughts on richardson's visit to cuba and if we can talk about freeing an american from cuba without talking about extradition for the cuban five. i don't see how you can there are really two sides to the same question i have of course no personal knowledge of mr gross's case but the cuban government decided that he was engaged in activity which is illegal under the laws of that country and they tried him and convicted him in a sentenced him and for my client you mentioned luis medina that was his cover name to protect his family his real name is ramon love and then you know he was accused and given a trial and sentenced initially to life in prison that has subsequently been reduced to thirty years but still a very substantial sentence when you say two sides of the same question what is that question. so the question is this someone is engaged in an activity which tends to further the interest of their own country and they're doing that in a foreign country do the

country and they tried him and convicted him and sentenced him and for my clients you mentioned luis medina that was his cover name to protect his family his real name is ramon not a nino he was accused and given a trial and sentenced initially to life in prison that has subsequently been reduced to thirty years but still a very substantial satins when you think he has died at the same question what is that question. the question is that if someone is engaged in an activity which tends to further the interests of their own country and they're doing that in a foreign country do they thereby become evil people without paying any attention to what their motives and their objective and indeed their methodology is for achieving that in mr lobban in us case in the case of the other five they were tried in in in miami florida in a media market that. was answer the call to a fair resolution of their case so are you saying that they were convicted and the court of public opinion by the media. absolutely and beyond that we use a sense learned that the united states government was paying something on