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U.S. Judge Reduces 'Va. Jihad' Sentences
The Washington Post ^ | July 30, 2005 | Jerry Markon

Posted on 07/30/2005 6:07:57 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

U.S. Judge Reduces 'Va. Jihad' Sentences New Terms Still Called 'Draconian' By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 30, 2005 A federal judge yesterday reduced the sentences of three members of a "Virginia jihad network," ordering the resentencings to comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed judges more discretion on such issues. U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema was pleased that she had the chance to lessen sentences she had criticized as excessive...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 200506; anthrax; billclinton; bleedingheartattack; brinkema; clinton; clintonappointees; clintonistas; clintonlegacy; jihad; jihadinamerica; paintballcell; sympathizers; terrorism; terrortrials; timimi; virginia; virginiajihad; virginiajihadnetwork
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Way to show the terrorists that we mean business, Leonie!
1 posted on 07/30/2005 6:07:57 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Brinkema, Leonie M.

Nominated by William J. Clinton on August 6, 1993, to a seat vacated by Albert V. Bryan; Confirmed by the Senate on October 18, 1993, and received commission on October 20, 1993.

2 posted on 07/30/2005 6:10:57 AM PDT by harpu
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YUp, pretty much all I needed to know about "her honor".


3 posted on 07/30/2005 6:12:10 AM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Nominated by President Bill Clinton. Surprised?
4 posted on 07/30/2005 6:13:08 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Judge Leonie M. Brinkema AGAIN!


5 posted on 07/30/2005 6:13:21 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

"""Khan's attorney, Jonathan Shapiro, said his client "didn't hurt anybody; he didn't shoot anybody. I think it's an abomination he is facing all the time he is facing.""

Ok. We wait until he slaughters some people and THEN lock him up. Got it.


6 posted on 07/30/2005 6:14:31 AM PDT by InsureAmerica (the only free cheese is in a mousetrap)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Khan's attorney, Jonathan Shapiro, said his client "didn't hurt anybody; he didn't shoot anybody. I think it's an abomination he is facing all the time he is facing."

Anybody else find this relationship ironic?

7 posted on 07/30/2005 6:16:00 AM PDT by johniegrad
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And this pinhead is why the sentencing guidelines were written in the first place. But if there's one thing judges of every stripe and ideology, state or federal, hold to is the sacredness of judicial discretion. And why not? Where else can such a gaggle of political sychophants get such well paying jobs, and convince themselves that they're brilliant. After all, if they weren't, they wouldn't have all that discretion, would they?
8 posted on 07/30/2005 6:16:21 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Brinkema is a damned fool. These Jihadis are from out here in my neighborhood. We do not wish for them to return here. If the judge wants them out early, the judge can make special provisions for that in her own home.

Alternatively, "W" should pack that judge away for safekeeping for the duration of the war ~ just like Wilson did others who commited sedition during wartime.

9 posted on 07/30/2005 6:16:31 AM PDT by muawiyah (/ hey coach do I gotta' put in that "/sarcasm " thing again?)
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To: johniegrad

Khan's last name is Goldberg?


10 posted on 07/30/2005 6:17:05 AM PDT by InsureAmerica (the only free cheese is in a mousetrap)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

This is just astounding. I have to wonder if judges like this actually WANT to have more terrorist attacks in this country.


11 posted on 07/30/2005 6:17:29 AM PDT by Peach
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I think she's running the show for Zacarias Mussaoui (sp?) the 20th hijacker also.


12 posted on 07/30/2005 6:18:41 AM PDT by InsureAmerica (the only free cheese is in a mousetrap)
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To: InsureAmerica

ALLEGED 20th hijacker that is of course


13 posted on 07/30/2005 6:19:37 AM PDT by InsureAmerica (the only free cheese is in a mousetrap)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Typical for a Clinton hack it's all about perception and not reality. She reduced one of the men's sentence from 85 to 65 years. Ok, so he will get out of prison when he is 90 instead of when his 115. I can live with that. In her mind, she has now shown compassion. What a moron.


14 posted on 07/30/2005 6:19:38 AM PDT by Casloy
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they do, honestly they do. then they can say "Bush isn't fighting the war on terror at home".

can this be appealed?


15 posted on 07/30/2005 6:19:46 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Another federal judge who doesn't get it. Terrorists really deserve the death penalty. Her act makes an excellent case for shifting terrorism offenses to military tribunals.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
16 posted on 07/30/2005 6:20:03 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: InsureAmerica

Mousaoui should have be tried as an enemy combatant.


17 posted on 07/30/2005 6:20:31 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Chapman, 32, renewed that allegation yesterday. "I see this case as an attack against Islam, and so does the Muslim community," he told Brinkema at the hearing. His voice quavering, Chapman said he has been unfairly labeled a terrorist and treated as such by prison guards.

He actively conspired and trained with at least ten other men to violently attack the nation that nurtured him and protected his rights to work, own property, and practice Islam, rights strictly circumscribed or denied to Christians in the Islamic world.

His sentence was reduced from 85 years to 65 years in prison. The judge said she would have happily reduced it much more, but was prevented from doing so by mandatory sentencing guidelines for firearms related crimes (which, apparently, the SCOTUS decision didn't touch).

Still a good deal for the perps, especially when compared to the death sentences that the perps' fellow Jihadists carried out on the victims of 9/11.

18 posted on 07/30/2005 6:34:13 AM PDT by JCEccles
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To: harpu

As I suspected. Disgusting. It just almost seems that the liberals want this country destroyed, and don't mind cr*pping in their own nests to do it.


19 posted on 07/30/2005 6:35:09 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

My question is, why was she even allowed to hear the case considering her 'pre-bias' against the sentence?

"U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema was pleased that she had the chance to lessen sentences she had criticized as excessive..."

The procescutor should appeal this. And probably could win on those grounds.



20 posted on 07/30/2005 6:35:17 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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