Feds: No death penalty for US embassy bomb suspect

Del Rio News herald (Via AP) ^ | 10/05/2009

[devane617]

The U.S. government has decided not to seek the death penalty against a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

A letter released Monday advises a federal judge that Attorney General Eric Holder told prosecutors not to seek the death penalty in the New York trial of Ahmed Ghailani (guh-LAHN'-ee). His trial is scheduled for September 2010.

[devane617]

I can't imagine that this has not already been posted, but I could not find it. Holder will NOT seek death penalty for embassy bomber.

[DuncanWaring]

Of course not - that would be culturally insensitive, and annoy his boss.

[randomhero97]

Quite a contrast considering McVeigh was executed rather quickly. Of course, this government will protect their own.

[sockmonkey]

I know I shouldn’t be surprised by this news, but I am.

[devane617]

Surprised here too..

[VeniVidiVici]

He and Holder are probably cousins.

[MinorityRepublican]

Quite a contrast considering McVeigh was executed rather quickly. Of course, this government will protect their own.

Before Bush came into the White House, there were no executions by the Federal Government in what? 3 decades or so.

[jmax]

Of course Holder (and obama) don’t want the death penalty for this murderer. They probably have plans for him when he is acquitted (due to faulty prosecution methods....(hmmm). He will make a perfect stealth employee under secret and exclusive contract to the Oval Office, to take care of ‘problem people’. I mean, like the Marcey Park scenerio has already been used.

[Godwin1]

What bastards! They will hound, bankrupt and, if possible imprison, the patriots who protected us post-911. But the Islamic terrorist vermin who would murder our children get kid glove treatment. Just last month Holder relaxed the prison regime of would-be mass murderer Richard Reid. Apparently, he wants to give Reid the opportunity to turn the dumb mopes in the common prison population into Islamic terrorists. Holder is an enemy of the American people.

[PzLdr]

Besides, the guy’s got a great future at polling booths in Philly.

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping.

[devane617]

Going after patriots and letting this guy off the hook with his life. Something is just not right, and I believe even dims will eventually see a pattern and turn on Obama, Holder, et al...

[Nachum]

Thanks Jet Jaguar...

The List, ping

[depressed in 06]

... I believe even dims will eventually see a pattern and turn on Obama, Holder, et al...

LOL

[Joe Boucher]

Yes but McVeigh could have proved to be a problem and they wanted to get rid of him before he talked too much.
Not too many folks got to talk to him now did they?

[devane617]

You better hope, as I do, that it happens. The only thing between us and a socialist America are dims that are holding out. They have the votes to pass anything they want at anytime, so we better hope for a few patriots on the left to bail us out of this mess. Maybe you find the thought funny, but I don’t.

[randomhero97]

Pretty much one of the ideas I am alluding to.

I'm curious as to why the DC snipers are still oxygen breathers?

[Crim]

Pfft...cant let him go later if he’s dead...silly....

[MestaMachine]

Another thing “not posted” except by me:
Late September, the bam administration quietly released an Afghan terrorist being held at Gitmo in the middle of the night and sent him back to Afghanistan free as the proverbial breeze.
And no, I don’t have a link, and no, it wasn’t Jawad.
So yeah, take my word for it, or not. Just FYI.

[Joe Boucher]

Just a couple of crazies who hate white folks an just happen to be Muslims.
Where as the McVeigh folks are a conspiracy.

[Carley]

Sure and it was George W. Bush who sent McVeigh to blow up the federal building.

/s/

[randomhero97]

A terrorist is a terrorist to me. Some animals are more equal I guess.

[Joe Boucher]

Don’t think so, but I seriously do not believe the govt. line either.

[Joe Boucher]

Terrorist is just another name for murderer.
Hang em.
But, I do not trust our govt. and on this one, they got rid of McVeigh real quick. For a reason. Our govt. Lies.

[Carley]

I suspect it was like the 93 WTC bombers. Under surveillance but deemed harmless.

[MestaMachine]

muslims didn’t just start recruiting American jihadis yesterday. Plenty of covering up has gone on since 35 years ago. OKC was straight out of the Phillipines.
No secret either that they joined forces with skinheads in and out of the prison system.

[depressed in 06]

I am sympathetic with your view, but, ‘06 taught me that 30 million years of evolution have not advanced the fascists, they still suck mud.

[piytar]

I really didn’t think that I could despise someone more than zero. Holder has proven me wrong...

[piytar]

Don’t count on it, esp not the hard left and the victim crowd.

[RinaseaofDs]

Muslims can’t execute muslims?

[Victoria Delsoul]

This is outrageous. The Obama administration is soft on criminals and terrorists.

[Nachum]

Very outrageous.

[Joe Boucher]

Mooselimbs are recruiting in all our prisons and you may understand that it may be real easy to find disaffected blacks there especially.

[MestaMachine]

There are overwhelming numbers of black recruits in the prison system, now even whole communities of black muslims who have been released from prisons.
My post was about the fact that they ALSO recruit skinheads and nazis. Most people are only aware of the black recruiting.

[Joe Boucher]

I think like the late great crazy Jim Jones they recruit all disaffected and lost souls.