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===Trial=== During his trial Ferguson cross-examined the police officers who arrested him, and victims he had shot. The trial was broadcast live by local media and [[TruTV|Court TV]], but was overshadowed by the [[O. J. Simpson murder case]], going on simultaneously on the West Coast.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Biddle |first=Frederic M. |title=In Ferguson, TV gets new spectacle |work=The Boston Globe |issn=0743-1791 |date=February 16, 1995}}</ref> Ferguson argued that the 93 counts he was charged with were related to 1993, and had it been 1925 he would have been charged with only 25 counts.<ref name="Van Biema">{{Cite magazine |last1=Van Biema |first1=David |last2=Cohen |first2=Adam |title=A Fool for a Client |magazine=Time |date=February 6, 1995 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982445,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007232355/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982445,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2009}}</ref> He admitted bringing the gun onto the train, but claimed he fell asleep and another man grabbed his gun and began firing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McQuiston |first=John T. |title=Jury Finds Ferguson Guilty Of Slayings on the L.I.R.R. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/18/nyregion/jury-finds-ferguson-guilty-of-slayings-on-the-lirr.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 7, 2009 |date=February 18, 1995}}</ref> He also argued of a mysterious man named Mr. Su, who had information concerning a conspiracy against him. He found another man who was willing to testify that the government had implanted a [[Integrated circuit|computer chip]] in Ferguson's brain, but at the last minute decided not to call him to the stand.<ref name="Ramsland">{{Cite book |title=Inside the minds of mass murderers: why they kill |last=Ramsland |first=Katherine M. |year=2005 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |isbn=0-275-98475-3 |page=51 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/insidemindsofmas00rams/page/51}}</ref> This was Raul Diaz, a [[Parapsychology|parapsychologist]] from Manhattan who claimed during a press conference on the courthouse steps to have witnessed an [[Asian people|Asian]] man press a chip into Ferguson's head prior to the attack.<ref name="McQuinston">{{cite news |last=McQuinston |first=John |title=Murder trial in LIRR case goes to the jury for deliberation |work=The New York Times |date=February 17, 1995}}</ref> According to Diaz, the Asian man told him to behold what he was about to do prior to pushing the button. "He was lasered out by a remote-control device," Diaz told reporters outside the courtroom. "He was zapped, just like that, right out of [[The Twilight Zone|the twilight zone]]" and was "commanded to go up and down the aisle shooting people."<ref name="McQuinston"/> His cross-examination questions mostly started with "is it your testimony..." and would force the witness to repeat testimony already given. When a witness refused to answer the question to his satisfaction, he would often ask the judge to "admonish the witness to answer the question." During the course of his cross-examinations, Ferguson would refer to himself in the [[Illeism|third person]], particularly asking the victims of the shooting, "did you see Colin Ferguson..." to which the witness would reply, "I saw ''you'' shoot me." Legal experts pointed out that Ferguson's questions were pointless and were not geared towards rebutting testimony. By not recognizing when to object to testimony and closing arguments, he lost his right to appeal on those grounds. Among the defense witnesses Ferguson requested was President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carlin |first=John |title=An indefensible case of murder |work=The Independent |location=London |date=February 5, 1995 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/an-indefensible-case-of-murder-1571612.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/an-indefensible-case-of-murder-1571612.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=November 7, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ferguson originally sought to question himself on the witness stand, but ultimately did not. He told the judge and media that he intended to call witnesses who would prove his innocence, including a ballistic expert, a handwriting expert and two eyewitnesses, but they were afraid to come forward and take the stand. He did not call any of the witnesses. He also told Judge Belfi of an alleged conspiracy by the [[Jewish Defense League]] to kill him in prison if he was convicted. He said the prison slaying of serial killer [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] was "set up as a prelude against me."<ref>{{Cite news |last=McQuiston |first=John T. |title=Abrupt End To Defense In Rail Case |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/16/nyregion/abrupt-end-to-defense-in-rail-case.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 11, 2009 |date=February 16, 1995}}</ref>
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