To this end, wouldn't a way to force this back into a military trial is for the Jury to refuse to hear the case?
Mistrial!!!!
Bank on it, the voi dire aspect of this sham is already fixed so NO SUCH jurors will be sitting.
Wouldn’t any defense attorney with half a brain ask for a change of venue given that the courtroom is just blocks from ground zero? How in the world do they expect to get anyone in NYC who wouldn’t shout “Kill the scumbag!” during jury selection? Obama has opened a can of worms here that can only get worse and worse and worse as it develops. This is what happens when you place ideology over common sense.
Sorry, the jurists would be drowned out by the gallery shouting ‘guilty’.
No mistrial.
How in the hell do they think they are going to get an impartial jury in New York City?
The whole think is going to be a fraking sham. They’re going to end up trying Bush and not the Jihadi terrorists.
I can see it now, 2 mistrials, and then the Jihadi’s walk because the only “impartial” people they could find happen to be Arab Muslim New York cab drivers.
You’d end up with brain dead or muslims on a pre-screened panel and probably end with an acquital.
If one finds oneself on such a panel, sit there quietly, answer truthfully, but shortly and always state you could be fair.
These show trials are nothing more than the administration’s way to divert conservatives’ attention away fromt he real destructive legilsation being passed into law to end the we the people Republic. While folks are herded by the sycophantic/dutiful media into becoming outraged over the trials and hanging on every media release, the Pelosi/Reid/Obama marxist scum will institute cap&tax, obamacare, and enlist America into supporting and promoting the Copenhagen treaty. Additionally, the scuministration will allow Afghanistan to sink into a true quagmire which will be Bush’s fault and never the mooselimb sypathetic scum’s fault.
What the commies are doing is holding battlefield actions to the same level as peacetime law enforcement.
Its consistent with them questioning every shoot decision our troops make.
Watch the videos from the war. They usually take a significant amount of time collecting evidence that the guy digging a hole in the road at midnight really is building a IED.
I think it was Judge Roy Bean who said “We are going to give you a fair trial and a fine hanging”
It is ludicrous to think that a fair trial cannot be held by people who already have heard evidence and are predisposed to an opinion. Fairness requires that the evidence be considered and a judgement made. Nothing more.
I still advocate for a professional juror pool to stop juror shopping by both sides.
Voir Dire AKA jury tampering will take years. The only jury candidates without opinions or preconceived notions live in remote cabins.
It seems to me that the defendants should refuse to waive their right to a speedy trial. This will pressure the prosecution and increase the chances of appealable errors.
I don’t know about federal court, but in my state, once the charges have been filled and the defendant is charged, the prosecution has only 90 days to get the case to trial on a felony, unless the defendant waives this right.
In any case, I strongly suspect that these terrorists are going to make a mockery of our system and eventually walk. Or, their friends will help them to become martyrs and blow the place up.
Immediate mistrial and change of venue.
Not to mention all of the jurors facing contempt of court charges.