Posted on 11/18/2009 5:39:19 PM PST by Kaslin
Justice: Attorney General Holder's testimony on Wednesday provided no credible rationale for sending the 9/11 conspirators into the civilian federal court system. This is 100% politics.
Steam was pouring out of Eric Holder's ears after Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., quoted from former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy's National Review article this week. McCarthy described Holder as "a lawyer whose firm is among those responsible for the litigation-driven delay that became a lawfare triumph for al-Qaida."
And he pointed out that once the administration Holder serves took over, "Obama shut down the (military) commission despite the jihadists' efforts to conclude it by pleading guilty ... so that we can instead endure an incredibly expensive and burdensome civilian trial that will take years to complete."
While he was at it, Kyl pulverized Holder's contention that civilian courts would make conviction easier.
"How could you be more likely to get a conviction in federal court, when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has already asked to plead guilty before a military commission and be executed?" Kyl asked, eliciting a round of applause for himself in the hearing room.
Holder's beside-the-point retort was that he didn't know or care what was in Khalid's mind.
The attorney general had to suck in the steam, however, when the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings concluded in the afternoon. That was when he was forced to stand quietly in the hearing room and endure an earful from the mother of one of the victims of United Flight 93.
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One more step closer to the toilet bowl for this traitor and his boss and the rest of the RATs in Congress going down the sewer.
Sounds good to me
Consider that a federal judge in the OK City bombing changed the venue to Denver at defense request.
Surely if that does not happen in this case, the trial will be seen as a preposterous farce, the biggest in United States history.
Venue and the Oklahoma City Bombing Case
Trial judges are generally reluctant to grant a defendant’s request for a change of venue in a criminal trial. A change of venue is inconvenient to the trial participants and is often financially costly. Nevertheless, when a judge believes that a defendant cannot receive a fair trial in the place where the crime was committed, he can order that the trial be moved to another location.
The attorneys for Timothy J. McVeigh and Terry L. Nichols, who were charged in federal court with the April 19, 1995 bombing of the federal office building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that resulted in the deaths of 168 people, sought a change of venue from Oklahoma City. The defense attorneys argued that there was substantial prejudice against McVeigh and Nichols in Oklahoma City and the state of Oklahoma, making it impossible for them to receive a fair and impartial trial.
In an order issued on February 20, 1996, Judge Richard P. Matsch agreed. The news coverage of the events surrounding the bombing, its aftermath, and the arrest of McVeigh and Nichols had been extensive in Oklahoma. Matsch noted that the Oklahoma news media had “demonized” the defendants and run news stories suggesting that they had been associated with right-wing militia groups. Because the defendants had been charged with capital crimes, Matsch was concerned that Oklahoma jurors would not be able to set aside their prejudices and emotions to determine first whether the defendants were guilty or innocent and then, if found guilty, whether they deserved to be executed.
Therefore, Matsch ordered a change of venue to Denver, Colorado. Though he acknowledged that the victims of the bombing wished to attend the trials and that a change of venue would cause them hardship, Matsch concluded that the “interests of the victims in being able to attend this trial in Oklahoma are outweighed by the court’s obligation to assure that the trial be conducted with fundamental fairness and with due regard for all constitutional requirements.”
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These people are stupid leftist ideologues who can’t get out of their own way. This trial is a smack in the face of the American people.
The idiots now in charge in Washington are going to get millions of us killed. They are deliberately working to destroy America. In every arena, they are clearly trying to take this counrty down & create chaos. How long will it be before the USA resembles the former Soviet Union or Cuba, than the country we’ve had for 230+ years?
If the Turban doesn’t fit... you must acquit.
He’s doing the following, both of which are IMPEACHABLE ACTS:
- Endangering our troops in Afghanistan (not to mention the Afghans)
- Endangering our citizens here at home with his despicable plan to bring the terrorists into our civilian justice system
By the above, and myriad other acts of aggression against the United States of America, he has abused his office and should be REMOVED FROM OFFICE as soon as practicable.
I predict there will, indeed, be NO TRIAL of KSM in New York City.
if the boy insists it be a domestic trial... then have it in DC.
New York, DC, SF, any city where an OJ jury can be had and the perps walk free.
i was more or less thinking about DC getting made the target of all the $$$$$/time/effort wasted on the trial and any retaliation or possible terrorist attacks/etc because of it let THEM feel the heat for once...
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