Posted on 07/29/2010 8:39:46 PM PDT by Libloather
Man accused on recruiting center rampage targeted Kentucky
Posted: 11:51 AM Jul 28, 2010
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The man charged with killing one soldier and wounding another outside a Little Rock recruiting center says he tried and failed to carry out other attacks.
The claim by Abdulhakim Muhammad is in a report filed Tuesday by a state doctor who examined Muhammad and says he's fit to stand trial.
The report says Muhammad claims to have tried to firebomb the home of an unidentified rabbi in Nashville, Tenn. It also says he claims to have targeted an Army recruiting center in Florence, Ky., but it was closed when he arrived.
Muhammad is charged with capital murder, attempted capital murder and 11 other counts for the June 1, 2009, shooting outside a west Little Rock recruiting center. His attorney didn't comment on the report.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A lawyer for the man accused of killing a soldier at a Little Rock military recruiting center may have to resign from the case because he is running for judge in Tennessee.
Claiborne Ferguson said Wednesday that he isn't certain if he is barred from continuing to represent Abdulhakim Muhammad if he is elected to a judgeship in Memphis. In Arkansas, judges have to stop private practice but Ferguson says he's looking into whether he can be a Tennessee and represent a client in Arkansas.
Muhammad is charged with capital murder for the slaying of Pvt. William Long and is charged with wounding another soldier.
Muhammad told the AP after his arrest that killing American soldiers is justified because the U.S. is at war with Muslims.
http://www.kait8.com/global/story.asp?s=12772500
Well, let’s hope this hurts his election chances.
But, it's time to address the rights of the victim and their families. No family should have to wait a year or more for justice to be served, and it doesn't take a year to prepare for trial, or at least it shouldn't. We need a 28th Amendment to be placed in direct juxtaposition to the 6th Amendment, IMHO.
While I’m generally sympathetic to that line of thought, and agree that our criminal justice system (like the rest of our courts) is too slow, I always think it’s dangerous to give the victim and the victim’s family a central role in our criminal justice system. After all, our criminal law isn’t there for the victim, it’s there for all of us. That’s why it’s State v. Defendant, and not Victim v. Defendant.
I’m aware that I am probably in a distinct minority among conservatives in being very wary of the “victim’s rights movement” and in thinking that protecting the rights of the accused is far more important than protecting the rights of victims.
I absolutely agree that criminal trials and appeals take far too long, but I’m hesitant to suggest that we take drastic steps to shorten them in such a way that it impairs the right of the accused to prepare a meritorious defense.
There is no such animal in the USofA. There is a machine. You enter through one of two doors, victim or accused. After that, good luck.
What comes out is less useful than sausage. The process is demeaning to anyone who thinks he is 'citizen' and not a subject.
Report a property crime? Not enough for a report, subject. Force the issue and demand an accounting? You asked for it.
Papieren pliss.
There is no justice. And there will be no peace. That has been a fact for centuries.
/johnny
Why not? Some of us will wait until the Great Trumpet sounds for Justice.
The state currently arrests, imprisons, and plea bargains (not convicts) persons who may be guilty as hell. Of another crime than was committed. Where is the justice in that?
The machine is broken.
Spend a day in a county courthouse waiting room, waiting on divorce paperwork or probate paperwork (If you grease the skids with a lawyer, you don't have to wait) and listen to the unvarnished stories.
/johnny
Some have said that our CRIMINAL justice system is exactly that!
...for those interested. :D
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