Publicity pitfalls in the fair trial game

Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 | Debra Saunders

[JohnHuang2]

As John Walker Lindh's lawyers have complained that their client can't get a fair trial in Virginia, and perhaps anywhere in America, they raise the question as to what a fair trial is.

Does a fair trial mean the court is supposed to protect a defendant from his own mistakes? That seems to be the belief held by the Lindh defense team.

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, June 25, 2002

Quote of the Day by ShandaLear

[Cultural Jihad]

There was the motion that claimed that charging Lindh with a firearms violation "would be an abridgement of his Second Amendment rights as an individual" — a swipe at Attorney General John Ashcroft's generous reading of the Second Amendment.

There's a new twist. Sacco and Vanzetti were merely exercising their 2nd Amendment right to commit robbery and murder. Was the lawyer hired by the L.P.?

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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