The Trial of Terrorists in NYC vs. Gitmo

[Bob]

perhaps the accused will inform the court that his confession may have been coerced. what will the court do with the defendant being subjected to torture? how does the law speak to sanctioned brutality?

 

[30ashopper]

perhaps the accused will inform the court that his confession may have been coerced. what will the court do with the defendant being subjected to torture? how does the law speak to sanctioned brutality?

If the individual is an American citizen, it sets the accused free. Holder apparently feels these folks fit within that framework. The trial should be interesting. If you kill 3000 people, can you get off on a technicality? I suppose in our system you could.

 

[Blair]

perhaps the accused will inform the court that his confession may have been coerced. what will the court do with the defendant being subjected to torture? how does the law speak to sanctioned brutality?

death by teabagging!!!!

 

[AlphaCrab]

perhaps the accused will inform the court that his confession may have been coerced. what will the court do with the defendant being subjected to torture? how does the law speak to sanctioned brutality?

Maybe Cheney and Rumsfeld will have to testify..........under oath.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Boortz says that they should set the man free... in the north GA mountains, just after alerting all the rednecks.

 

[Blair]

Boortz says that they should set the man free... in the north GA mountains, just after alerting all the rednecks.

 

[Blair]

Maybe Cheney and Rumsfeld will have to testify..........under oath.

yeah maybe....

 

[scooterbug44]

Boortz says that they should set the man free... in the north GA mountains, just after alerting all the rednecks.

Jon Stewart had a similar sentiment - worse case scenario is that the terrorists go free ................ and are released into the streets of NY!

Smart money won't take odds on anything over 1/2 a block!

 

[Em]

It may be like one of those John Grisham books (A Time To Kill) where the defendant never makes it to defendant's table in the court room. There are probably more than a few million people that would like to do the job.

Maybe they could give him the option of 1) letting him go in the North GA mountains, after alerting all the rednecks, or 2) give him a bullet and a gun in a room with no windows.

 

[Mango]

Let them face Judge Judy.

They might as well because this whole thing is just a circus.

The camp that believes that liberty and justice are what we represent and that we are somehow taking the high road with a civil trial need to put down the hopium and see this for what it really is... an expose of Bush and Cheney's policies. First off, one must be tried by a jury of it's peers. How do we accomplish that? How many Tom Hanks are there from the movie Castaway? people who haven't read the papers and haven't formed an opinion about these men? Then you have the issue of KSM being waterboarded umpteen times and then a guilty admission. Also, with a military tribunal, witnesses do not need to be subpoenaed and heresay is admissible, from what I understand. Holder is delusional.

Then to rub salt in the wound, these terrorists will be held and tried within spit shot of the 9/11 site and given a worldwide forum to voice their defense. In addition, the costs to secure them and New York City will run in the millions of dollars, money that can be put to much better use, IMO. These men are dead men walking anyway you look at it, so why bother? Politics, put simply.