AlterNet: The $256 Question

AlterNet: The $256 Question
Then, in July 2004, after health authorities declared Kurtz’s bacteria to be harmless, and once it became clear that his lab equipment was to be used for art, not bioterrorism, the grand jury produced indictments only for mail and wire fraud.A year later, Ed Cardoni of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo and a friend of Kurtz’s, told me the prosecution still has no case. “They’re just sifting through a lot of chaff, trying to find a few kernels of wheat in it.” Why is this case in federal court?A dispute involving $256 worth of merchandise would seem to be more at home in Judge Judy’s courtroom than in a high-profile federal prosecution. Indeed, the United States Attorney’s Manual published by the Department of Justice appears to discourage prosecutors from bringing such a case to the federal courts.

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