Posted on 03/13/2006 10:30:42 AM PST by Wolfstar
For following the law? Truly a revolutionary concept.
Who else thinks this is a ruse to keep from having to face the outrage a death sentence might bring from the idiots who stand ready to bury us all but only lack the tools?
I have not weighed in on this yet, but I will now.
I thought from the outset that the death penalty should not have been in play here. Although conspiracy charges would bring it into play, this particular idiot had been cut out of the loop by Atta and it is obvious to all that he is not playing with a full deck here.
I don't particularly condone the death penalty in any case, to be clear, however the use of it in this case is not good jurist prudence, and is more a message.
I don't think this case makes a very good message conveyance, in any case. Life in prison sounds like the best result and something that can be easily justified.
You posted my thoughts and expressed them better than I believe I could have. The wrong people get punished here, if the death penalty is thrown out.
>>Defense attorney Edward MacMahon...<<
A minor point, I know.
Ed ... MacMahon.
The stupid attorney should be fired! It is unbelievable! Such an important case should be assigned to a competent attorney with a proven track record.
"Saw defendent...crossing the center line, had bloodshot eyes, strong smell of alcohol, unsteady on his feet, had trouble reciting the alphabet..."
From the very start of this train wreck of a trial, Brinkema has seemingly bent over backwards to make sure the trial would be a circus and to maximize Moussaui's chances of acquittal. Only Lance Ito approaches her level of incompetence on the bench.
I agree, I hope the Feds pick a particularly nasty prison.
YOu have to be kidding. He would be elected to Congress from that sewer.
I'm guessing Marion.
Uh, yea, it's Clinton's fault that a stupid Justice Department attorney f^&*ed up. I believe the Justice Department is part of the Bush administration.
I think it is quite effective as a deterrent, and is a way to pay back society.
They would make a great labor pool to build the planned moon base, for example...Dangerous work and there is no sense using volunteers when a huge source of free labor is available.
If that is the case punish the lawyer. But the lawyer's conduct should have no bearing whatsoever on the guilt or innocence or on the decision to execute the perp or to sentence him to life in prison.
It's time that criminal behavior was judged on its own and not discounted or excused because a police officer or attorney did something wrong.
What ~you~ said, Ax!
Rogue lawyers should be punished. They can be held in contempt or have their professional credentials challenged.
But punishing the public interest to discipline lawyers is I-N-S-A-N-E !
This is right up there with punitive damages coming out of the hide of taxpayers when some government employee has done a wrong.
This is part of the war on bourgeois America (~MY~ America), its religlion, its institution, and its values.
I never understood why this foreign national terrorist was being tried in a US court. Now the buzzard may go free on some technicality. Couldn't he just have some unfortunate fatal accident while in jail?
Huh? A witness can't be exposed to public testimony???? This judge is taking the fear of "tainting the witness" to an abject extreme.... who appointed this one?
Ahhh, yes, Lance Ito!
The Keating 5...OJ Simpson...on daytime television yet!
Weren't those the days?
CA....
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