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Blunting the prosecution
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, October 14, 2003 | By Bruce Fein

Posted on 10/13/2003 10:49:52 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

United States District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema erroneously clipped the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui for a witch's brew of terrorism crimes earlier this month in United States vs. Moussaoui (Oct. 2, 2003).

According to Judge Brinkema, the constitutional right of a defendant to a fair trail forbids the United States from seeking the death penalty or insinuating Moussaoui was implicated in the September 11, 2001, abominations as sanctions for its refusal to permit defense depositions of detained al Qaeda associates captured in the war against terrorism.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: brucefein; jihadinamerica; leoniebrinkema; moussaoui; sixthamendment; terrortrials
Tuesday, October 14, 2003

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