Pellicano calls himself 'a lone ranger'

April 30, 2008 Anthony Pellicano was "technically a lone ranger" who went to great lengths as a private investigator to keep the information he gathered secret from everybody, including associates and lawyers. The former private eye took less than 20 minutes to tell the jury that the government failed over the last eight weeks to prove he led a criminal enterprise and engaged in illegal wiretapping. Though the government took all of Tuesday to go over the evidence against Pellicano and his co-defendants during its closing arguments, Pellicano told the jury he would not attempt to sway them or go over the prosecution's arguments point by point.

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