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"One of the problems with reducing payment to counsel for defending the indigent is that no one wants to do it"

Hmmmmm....a lawyer defending an "indigent" terrorist:

Osama: "I was unloved as a child. My parents mistreated me and called me names. That's why I turned to opium for comfort. It wasn't me who plotted all those American deaths, REALLY! It was the opium. I didn't know what I was doing!
< */CROCODILE TEARS>

Lawyer: "Your honor, I request lenience to my client. He's not a monster! He's just a poor, abused child, who grew up and became a drug addict. Under the constant influence of opium, he was unable to differentiate between right and wrong!
<*/CROCODILE TEARS>"

Judge: <THINKING> "WHY didn't Congress go along with military tribunals?"

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Should have added:

General population after Osama's release leads to next terrorist attack: <REAL TEARS> ...again.