

The great Harvey Steinberg lost a court case.









"I am not afraid to lose a case," Steinberg said. "When you're afraid to lose a case, you don't do your job. I believe that we have to keep the system honest and that everyone charged with a crime is treated fairly and honestly within that system. That includes a thorough investigation and that the police play by the rules."

If Steinberg were afraid to lose, he never would have taken the Cox or Marshall case. Still, Steinberg doesn't easily accept defeat and the Williams verdict bothered him.

A master in the presentation of reasonable doubt, Steinberg had communicated the possible effects that football injuries may have had in Williams' poor roadside sobriety test performance, and how the linebacker simply didn't realize his headlights were off because they have always automatically turned on. That is until the valet turned them off.

"I was hopeful that based on the evidence presented that the jury would acquit him of the alcohol-related offenses," Steinberg said.

But the six-person Denver County Court jury couldn't get past the two policemen who essentially testified Williams was bombed.

The question now is: What do the Broncos do about D.J.? Goodell is certain to expand Williams' six-game suspension to at least eight.



