Posted on 04/29/2013 5:02:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BOSTON The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has managed to get life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Clarkes appointment was approved Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler....
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Having 12 jurors decide is not a leftist topic. Whether it’s Jared Lee Loughner, this terrorist, etc. please don’t make a scene over this terrorist having a jury decide. Hopefully the jury will convict him & he’ll either get death penalty or life without parole. Military court should only be for those in military service accused of committing crimes-UCMJ but even here, it’s my view that people in military service accused of crime should have choice to either have military court or non-military court decide their fate.
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