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To: tejek who wrote (244492)8/2/2005 3:34:57 AM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1576588
 
Sentenced for Speaking
washingtonpost.com

His crime was not any act of terrorism or violence but making a series of speeches ...

members of the paintball jihad group have received dramatically long sentences as well, but that's hardly an excuse. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws give judges no discretion to distinguish between damaging crimes and attempts that, however motivated, did not produce horrendous results.



To: tejek who wrote (244492)8/2/2005 6:36:05 AM
From: Road Walker  Respond to of 1576588
 
re: "Instead, I find a half-hearted and disorganised effort by a skeleton group of relatively inexperienced attorneys to prosecute fairly low-level accused in a process that appears to be rigged."

Capt Carr says that the prosecutors have been told by the chief prosecutor that the panel sitting in judgment on the cases would be handpicked to ensure convictions.

And those are the prosecutors; imagine how the defense attorneys feel.


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