I know I feel safer...DETROIT (Reuters) - A U.S. court on Thursday dismissed the convictions of two Arab men, the first to be prosecuted and tried on terror-related charges following the Sept. 11 attacks, after the government conceded errors in handling the case.
A U.S. District Court Judge in Michigan granted the wish of the U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites), which said in a filing this week that prosecutors "committed a pattern of mistakes and oversights" that hindered the defendants from reviewing evidence used against them.
"The prosecution's understandable sense of mission and its zeal to obtain a conviction overcame not only its professional judgment, but its broader obligations to the justice system and the rule of law," Judge Gerald Rosen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan wrote in a ruling.
Ashcrofts folks are doing a bang up job in the war on terror
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Ashcrofts folks are doing a bang up job in the war on terror
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You people aren't happy either way.. you whine when we bomb 'em, you whine when we incarcerate them to keep from bombing them..
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These arrests made it un-necessary to bomb Detroit?Akaran_D wrote:You people aren't happy either way.. you whine when we bomb 'em, you whine when we incarcerate them to keep from bombing them..
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Some people would say otherwise.
Akaran of Mistmoore, formerly Akaran of Veeshan
I know I'm good at what I do, but I know I'm not the best.
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But I guess that on the other hand, I could be like the rest.
I don't think anyone is whining when the Gov. prevents act of terrorism...
What educated people are ANGRY about is the blatent disregard for our freakin' constution. It's not that people are being held to await trial. People are being held AND NOT EVEN BEING CHARGED! The Republicans always want to make a big production about the constution and our "rights" yet at the same time they have no problem trampling on those rights if it fits their agenda. This is the United States of America, we DO NOT hold people without just cause and DO NOT convict people without trial by Jury... until now.
To make the country safe this same kind of bullshit went down in another country almost exactly 70 years ago... interestingly enough it was party comprised of Nationalistic Racists as well. But of course History NEVER repeats itself so we should have nothing to worry about.
Marb
What educated people are ANGRY about is the blatent disregard for our freakin' constution. It's not that people are being held to await trial. People are being held AND NOT EVEN BEING CHARGED! The Republicans always want to make a big production about the constution and our "rights" yet at the same time they have no problem trampling on those rights if it fits their agenda. This is the United States of America, we DO NOT hold people without just cause and DO NOT convict people without trial by Jury... until now.
To make the country safe this same kind of bullshit went down in another country almost exactly 70 years ago... interestingly enough it was party comprised of Nationalistic Racists as well. But of course History NEVER repeats itself so we should have nothing to worry about.
Marb