I suspect that the defense’s reasoning is that by including information that would identify the professor and/or a college that it would limit Labrie’s options to get an education as the public and media would rain down upon that institution. It’s the angle the defense put forward during the bail revocation hearing on why they didn’t want to file details with the State to request changes in bail conditions, thereby giving him an “excuse” for why he did not comply with his bail conditions.
Also, if the professor was from Harvard it would fly in the face of them rescinding his offer - here he is on campus anyway.
Ugh, that letter is all about someone wanting to hear themself talk. Nothing like somebody in prison to be a captive audience! It does not sound like something written by a professor either, more like someone’s counselor or advisor ("here’s something you can do for the next 2 years and here’s the really cool thing you can call it, uh, not sure if it will work for Oxford but it sure sounds convincing!).
Honestly, all that talk is what I hated most about academia. Put all those people in a box and let them expound and pontificate at each other and leave me out of it. I always suspected there was some ulterior and self serving motive to all of that expounding…
Defense team #6:
http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20160509/NEWS21/160509441
"Manchester attorney Jaye Rancourt says she should not be disqualified from representing Owen Labrie in his pursuit of a new trial, even though a new defense team from Washington, D.C., is on board with her assisting them.
Prosecutors in April filed a motion in Merrimack County Superior Court seeking to disqualify Rancourt, arguing she has a conflict of interest in representing Labrie while arguing his trial attorneys provided ineffective counsel. She served as the local attorney on the case of Labrie, now 20, who is the St. Paul’s School senior convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman on campus.
While arguing she should not be removed from the case, Rancourt said in documents filed Friday that in order to alleviate any complications that could arise from her involvement at a hearing on Labrie’s motion for a new trial, attorney K. Chris Todd of the Washington, D.C .law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans and Figel, PLLC (Kellogg, Huber) will be filing as new counsel, assisted by attorneys Aaron M. Panner, Katherine C. Cooper and her"
Someone must be spending mega-bucks on attorneys. Wish more was spent on counseling bankrolled and Labrie.
You raise a good point, HImom… my understanding is the family is not wealthy. I wonder who’s bankrolling the defense? I mean, all these attorneys and appeals – could it possibly be done pro bono for the publicity?
^^^Yes vote, on the publicity.
Do attorneys like Carney and the latest law firm, both of which seem to be successful, really need that publicity though?
^^^ For some people, there is no such thing as too much publicity.
Jail is so over used in this country. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
^^^Wow. Opiod-abuse-as-medical-dependency-issue much?
Owen Labrie’s bail has been reinstated. Providing he can pay, he will be out by the end of the week albeit with a GPS monitoring bracelet.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bail-reinstated-for-prep-school-grad-owen-labrie-in-sex-case/
Interesting, thanks.
“Do attorneys like Carney and the latest law firm, both of which seem to be successful, really need that publicity though?”
Coca-Cola spends a lot on publicity, which you might think they don’t need. The firms are a long way from being Coca-Cola.
Wow, he sure looks different in the pic linked in #1631 than he did at his trial/sentencing. Shaggy hair now, no tweed coat and no glasses.
Here is a link to a tv news report with footage of him from the courtroom. Mentions he has lined up a summer job doing manual labor (maybe building another chapel?):
http://www.whdh.com/story/31982956/judge-reinstates-bail-adds-gps-monitoring-for-owen-labrie
Jeez. He’s some lucky b****** to be released. If he were black and poor, he certainly wouldn’t have that chance.
He doesn’t like jail. Life is hard.
“A judge in Concord, New Hampshire, is upholding his decision to disqualify an attorney for a prep school graduate convicted of sexual assault from litigating ineffective counsel claims.”
Labrie was unlucky. He should have had Judge Persky as his judge. 
momofthreeboys, in post #1629, you remarked, “Jail is so over used in this country. It will be interesting to see where this goes.” I would like to request that you read the complaint (the legal filing from the victim’s parents), which is near the end of the news report linked by ams5796. It is relatively long at 34 pages, but it is horrifying, and there are issues that did not come out at the trial.