Federal prosecutors say eff-you to Moussaoui judge and cheat anyway...

[BlooInBloo]

From the WaPo:

"U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema called it "the most egregious violation of the court's rules on witnesses" she had seen "in all the years I've been on the bench.""

"Her comments came after prosecutors said a Federal Aviation Administration attorney had discussed the testimony of FAA witnesses with them before they took the stand and also arranged for them to read a transcript of the government's opening statement in the case. Both actions were banned by the judge in a pre-trial order."

"With the jury out of the courtroom, Brinkema then recessed the trial in order to decide what to do. "This is the second significant mistake by the government affecting the constitutional rights of this defendant and . . . impacting the criminal justice system in this country," she said. "In the context of a death case, I have to think about this issue.""

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/13/AR2006031300506.html?sub=AR


Now I'm no fan of Moussaoui, but I don't have to be in order to be concerned by this. The simple fact of the matter is that Moussaoui's rights are MY rights. If the federal government can't infringe upon HIS rights, they can infringe upon MY rights. Given that there's pigment in my skin, this is perhaps not totally idle speculation.

One of the most basic of American rights is in play here: the right to a fair trial. Supporting this right - YOUR right - means censuring, in some form, the prosecution for this.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Sorry bout duplicate....

... wasn't there when I started it... lol

[MadMaddie]

2. Just another sign the the * cabal will do anything to win...

I would support life without parole not the death penalty!

This is one of the few things the administration has to hold on to......and they are going to circumvent the law to do it!

[AndyTiedye]

4. Maybe He Isn't Guilty

If the government is having to engage in such blatant witness-tampering,
their case must not be exactly a slam-dunk.

[Virginian]

3. It isn't just skin pigment.

It may start with Moussaoui, then jump to another minority, but it doesn't stop there.
The rights that are denied to any one part of our population can be denied to any other part if it is allowed a foothold.