Sidney Leithman last of Montreal's high-profile lawyers

  Sidney Leithman, who was gunned down most likely by Colombians. Big bag of cocaine found on the backseat of his Saab, although that might have been tossed in by the killer.
   Anyway, so it begs the question, what happened to all of these high flying big name defense laywers? 

   Far fewer cases go before a judge nowadays.    That's because the voir dire rules changed and the prosecution has to lay all of its evidence out on the table prior to trying somebody. 

   So when prosecutors actually prosecute someone it's because there's highly-solid evidence against the accused, so let that stew in your head next time you're called in for jury duty.    The fewer trials means big savings in the justice system too as trials are extremely costly.