Will Salvatore Perrone ever get a chance to present his chosen defenses in a Brooklyn Court to the comments, charges and "evidence" already rolled-out against him by the press, the cops and the Brooklyn D.A. ?

According to a report by the New York Post’s Josh Saul posted in the online version of the 12/13/12 New York Post under the title:  “SI man accused of slaying B'klyn shopkeepers says he was a CIA operative ordered to kill” –  Sal Perrone lays out the factual components to a complex defense to the  three charges of murder brought against him by the Brooklyn D.A., including an affirmative defense of duress to his "admitted" part in one of the killings

Josh Saul’s article demonstrates the outlines of clearly articulated defenses to the charges against Salvatore Perrone for the alleged killings of three middle-eastern shopkeepers as follows:  “After his arrest, Salvatore Perrone, 64, told investigators he was working for the ‘Palestinian section of the CIA’ and that he watched while two different Middle Eastern men he met at the Knights of Columbus shot and killed his first two victims [these men are referred to in the Saul article as “Mr. B” and “Mr. C”] . ***   Perrone even claimed that one of the Middle Eastern men  —  identified in court papers as “Mr. C” — insulted his masculinity and forced him at gunpoint to stab the second victim, according to court papers released after Perrone’s arraignment in Brooklyn Supreme Court.” The Josh Saul article gave a great many of the details as to how Perrone met and interacted with the men “Mr. B” and “Mr. C,” and how they had committed the three killings.

Another interesting aspect of the case is that Perrone has been kept from contacting the attorney of his own choosing, who is an attorney who represented Sal Perrone in an earlier DUI proceeding, but who is not a regular in the Brooklyn Courthouse, unlike his Court-appointed attorney. This is how Josh Saul described a flap over that issue, which occurred before the Judge in courtroom: “The former clothes salesman also went crazy in court yesterday, demanding he be represented by his personal attorney. *** ‘Where is my personal attorney?’ Perrone yelled out, asking repeatedly for Frank Masciocchi. ‘Are we in the United States of America?’ ***  Masciocchi, who represented Perrone on a DUI charge years ago, was surprised to hear his former client was asking for him. ***   ‘It’s somewhat of a moot point because I’m not licensed to practice in New York,’ Masciocchi told The Post by phone, adding that he was stunned when he first heard of the accusations against his former client. ***  Perrone’s court-appointed attorney, William Martin, entered a plea of not guilty and requested a mental evaluation to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. ***  ‘I’m going to check off the box that says “disruptive, confused, or bizarre behavior,” ’ said Justice Alan Marrus.”

Here’s how CBS News described Perrone’s brining up his objections to how he was being treated and represented by counsel: “Salvatore Perrone, the Staten Island salesman accused of killing three Brooklyn shopkeepers, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday, according to CBS New York. *** The accused serial murderer spoke up angrily at his arraignment, demanding to see his attorney rather than the one appointed to him by the courts, CBS New York reported. *** “Excuse me your honor. Can I say something?” Perrone asked the judge. “Everything has been taken away from me my - money, my cell phone and any numbers I have.”

CBS also reported that “Perrone is ordered to undergo a psych evaluation.”

What none of the news agencies or reporters have noted is that Sal Perrone’s defenses and the other explanations of his involvement in events connected to these three killings do not appear to be contradicted by any of his other statements or the volumes of evidence mentioned by law enforcement sources to the press. The releases of all that information began even before Perrone supposedly “voluntarily” went into police custody, was questioned by police for well over 24 hours without a lawyer or other outside contact, was moved between precincts, and after more than a day in custody was arrested on multiple charges of murder.