Posted on 03/05/2010 2:21:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
2 thumbs up!
He's just having trouble getting the message out.
ping
By denying the honor killing the judge completely ignores the premeditation and malice of forethought that went into the act.
It also refuses to acknowledge the role that the Islamic culture(and in some instances Hindu)plays in these type of murders.
The guy is going to plead temporary insanity and get off with a plea deal and to me that is a CRIME.
The perp tricked his wife into meeting him at the tv station and sawed her head off with a knife while their children waited outside in the car! After the deed was done, he walked out and handed the eldest son $7000 and told him that he was going to need it. Then the perp turned himself in.
It was cold, premeditated murder. IMO.
Note, first, that the article (as it appears at 1530 MST) helpfully includes absolutely nothing that elaborates on the headline. Nope -- nothing at all.
What did the judge actually say? Who knows -- there's nothing in the article. There's no link. There's nothing.
But then -- when has complete lack of information ever stopped FReepers from shouting loudly?
A thinking person (i.e., not somebody who calls the judge a Muslim because he ruled this way, or demands he be hung), might consider that such a ruling makes excellent sense: the guy is on trial for murder, not his religion. To make religion a factor in the trial is just begging for a date with the appeals court -- and it's not necessary to convict the guy in any case.
But if any of you fools want to start trying people based on their religion .... you'll deserve what you get.
oh please.
I agree with you. I looked at the story, did not see anything about a judge saying anything.
Yes, I was thinking that it would preclude the defense from saying he killed her in the name of religion.
Was this an elected or appointed judge?
"Muzzammil Hassan was served divorce papers shortly before his wife’s slaying."
Maybe it was a ratings stunt.
LOL!
Them Amish sure are troublesome!
Judge...did you MISS this?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,494785,00.html
“Beheading in New York Appears to Be Honor Killing, Experts Say”
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
SNIPPET: “Muzzammil Hassan, right, founder of Bridges TV, is charged with murder in the beheading of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, left, in Orchard Park, N.Y.
The beheading of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan has all the markings of an honor killing, psychologists and Islamic experts tell FOXNews.com, as the upstate New York woman’s husband awaits a preliminary hearing on murder charges.”
SNIPPET: “But psychologists and some American Muslims said the slaying has all the markings of an honor killing.”
I don't remember all the facts of this case, but if memory serves, the physical evidence is OVERWHELMING. IOW, the only chance they have is to assert some kind of affirmative defense. But, in America, that's not an open field to roam. The Court will confine you with respect to what kind of affirmative defense you can employ, and then what kind of arguments you can make in front of the jury.
The fact that a Judge issued such a ruling - if he issued it at all, which isn't clear from the story - it wouldn't be a beneficial development for the defense. Quite the contrary, it would further limit them, and impede whatever defense they're going to argue.
There's too many headline hawks, getting suckered by a salacious title.
Reason matters when the reason is the norm.
Well if thats the case I think probation is warranted.
What difference does it make to a judge whether it’s is related to religion or not? It’s illegal to go around beheading people in this country, and “my religion made me do it” is not a legal defense.
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