Akbar found guilty on all counts

News 14 Carolina ^ | 4/21/2005 | News 14 Carolina Staff

[MD_Willington_1976]

They still do the ol' firing squad thing?

they should frag'm instead...punishment fits the crime...

[68skylark]

There seems to be a lot of confusion about Akbar's rank. It Sergeant, E-5, not Staff Sergeant.

The picture at this link confirms it:

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/21/courtmartial.akbar.ap/index.html

[ken5050]

Thanks..I was working frim memory..most likely I was wrong...

[68skylark]

They still do the ol' firing squad thing?

I don't really care what method they use. No method really fits the crime. For what it's worth, the military uses lethal injection.

[ken5050]

FYI. I found the Hackworth thread..I'll ping you on it...let me know what you think of it..regards

[Former Military Chick]

Yes there is another thread going, but some of us happen to update one another each day and discuss the case. Everyone is obviously welcome but there are some who chat about the day's event.

I would offer to send you updates but Monday will I hope be the last update until his execution.

[SE Mom]

Thanks! :)

[Modernman]

The Bush admin. doesn't have the balls to give this scum a just sentence!!

The sentence, whatever it ends up being, has nothing to do with the Bush admin.

[ClearBlueSky]

Guilty! Death penalty.
Open mouth- insert grenade, pull pin. Call garbage collectors.

[68skylark]

I can't imagine why you bring up the Sandy Berger case -- it has nothing to do with this matter. And since the only options for Akbar are life in prison or death, I'm not I can agree that he's going to get a slap on the wrist.

[68skylark]

I don't want to quibble with you, my friend. But actually, the Bush Administration probably does have a lot to do with the sentence, don't they? Unlike in a civilian trial, in a military trial the prosecutor and judges all work for the president. Also, the president has to personally approve (or deny) all U.S. military death sentences.

The president wasn't shy about using the death penalty in Texas -- I don't think he'll be shy about using it now, especially in a case like this one that really cries out for the strongest penalty.

[tiamat]

Good.

Now haul him out aand hang him.

Rope is a re-newable resource and that tree over there is empty...

Scum.

[tiamat]

Here, Akbar!

Catch!

[festus]

I dunno 2 1/2 hours was a lot of time to conclude that he did it since both the prosecution and defence stipulated he did it..........

[Not A Snowbird]

I've sat on two of them. We spent a great deal of time on procedure and housekeeping issues.

As important as this was, I'm sure they all talked before they took a vote. They wanted to make deadly sure everyone was on the same page.

Just a guess, but they also may not have wanted to come back in after 20 minutes, lest the press accuse them of a litany of transgressions from racism to global warming.

[festus]

You are probably right. I hadn't thought about the procedural stuff. You'd want to make sure you did it all 100% correct too so the fink didn't weasel out of it later.