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U.S. to Appeal Blackwater Decision
The New York Times ^
| January 23, 2010
| AP
Posted on 01/23/2010 7:19:47 AM PST by John W
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To: LeGrande
I would add that the one exception to that rule is prosecutorial misconduct. If a case is dismissed for prosecutorial misconduct prior to jury being empaneled, or before a verdict has been reached, then jeopardy would attach. That wasn’t the case here. In this instance, the Court found that the evidence collected was in violation of defendants constitutional rights, but he didn’t find prosecutorial misconduct.
To: John W
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posted on
01/23/2010 9:53:02 AM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: Nitro; sportutegrl
u need to read up exactly how the Quayle spelling thing went down
it was classic screw up by the school folks pounced on by the lefty media
Quayle was guilty of reading the school’s spelling chart they gave him and not recognizing the school had misspelled
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posted on
01/23/2010 10:17:51 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(Good Yankees in Massachusetts, I salute you all from bended knee in appreciation)
To: Girlene
I doubt an appeal will be successful.
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posted on
01/23/2010 10:29:15 AM PST
by
Perdogg
("Is that a bomb in your pants, or are you excited to come to America?")
To: OldDeckHand
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posted on
01/23/2010 10:35:18 AM PST
by
LeGrande
(The government wants to take over the entire Health Care industry to fix Medicare and Medicaid.)
To: wardaddy
Don’t you think it is possible that the school had already sorted out a misspelled card to give to Quayle?
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posted on
01/23/2010 10:35:38 AM PST
by
sportutegrl
(I was for Sarah Palin before being for Sarah was cool.)
To: Cicero
Yeah, they probably sent the TOTUS along with Biden to give him some help.
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posted on
01/23/2010 11:09:08 AM PST
by
oldfart
(Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
To: oldfart
We will over come this along with all the other progressive crap that has happened...
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posted on
01/23/2010 11:23:41 AM PST
by
gibtx2
(keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
To: oldfart
This joker may be POTUS based on the biggest Con Man Ever’s (0’s) first year.
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
"Close on the heels of Rahm Es statement that the 1st Amendment (free speech) is over-rated, heres another of Obamies Commies telling us that double jeopardy (ad infinitim until the commies get the verdict they want) is just fine, too."
My own thoughts exactly. Thank you.
This is a horrible violation of the defendants' rights. Unfortunately it has precedent in GHWB's DOJ's assault on the officers in the Rodney King fiasco. That and GHWB's hat-in-hand kowtowing to the UN for permission to honor our mutual-defense treaty with an ally (Kuwait) are his two most damaging legacies.
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posted on
01/23/2010 11:35:15 AM PST
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
To: LeGrande
Generally the prosecution is permitted to appeal rulings pretrial that throw out all or a critical part of their case. For instance the Barry Bonds case the judge threw out most of the prosecution’s evidence pretrial and this is now on appeal.
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posted on
01/23/2010 12:11:01 PM PST
by
Dave346
To: John W
So the Maobama administration is going to resurrect the kangaroo court that the Bush administration started because ingrate Iraqi officials demanded their heads on a platter.
Fact: These contractors broke no laws. When it became clear that they broke no laws, the Bush Justice Dept. decided to go fishing and wound up charging them, incredibly, with the illegal overseas use of automatic weapons. The only problem with this is that the automatic weapons used were the same ones issued to them by the United States Government.
Fact: The reason why the initial uproar began was because the Islamists and their quisling fan club Western media told the incredible story that this was an "unprovoked attack" by Blackwater on "innocent bystanders." As if it's even conceivable that the security personnel just decided to exit their vehicles and commence firing on woman and children onlookers. But that was the story, and they went with it.
Fact: The contention that the convoy wasn't attacked has been exploded when further evidence (including real-time radio transmissions) came to light that showed it clearly were attacked. It was the convoy that was the victim of an "unprovoked attack," not the other way around.
Fact: A forensic investigation showed that the bullets extracted from "bystanders" could not have come from the contractors weapons. That's right, the contractor didn't shoot the bystanders. But hey, lets not let facts get in the way of a good political hanging.
Fact: The evidence (or lack thereof) that the Islamists and their media pamphleteers hold up was the lack of enemy shell casings found on the scene. What they neglect to mention is that there was no collection of evidence at the scene until several days after the fact. Gee, ya think it's possible for shell casings to disappear from the scene after several days?
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posted on
01/23/2010 12:25:44 PM PST
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: AAABEST
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posted on
01/23/2010 12:43:33 PM PST
by
USF
(I see your Jihad and raise you a Crusade)
To: John W
White House officials said ... Biden's trip was not intended to be way it would be announced. Heh.
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posted on
01/23/2010 1:21:11 PM PST
by
La Enchiladita
(It's morning in Massachusetts: the Spirit of '76 has preserved Liberty, thanks be to God.)
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Close on the heels of Rahm Es statement that the 1st Amendment (free speech) is over-rated, heres another of Obamies Commies telling us that double jeopardy (ad infinitim until the commies get the verdict they want) is just fine, too. Pretty soon theyll bring back trial by dunking. W was pretty good at going after border guards.
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posted on
01/23/2010 1:26:57 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: John W
If this ever gets to trial I hope the defense lawyers point out that,given the court’s decision to throw it out,this prosecution is purely political.That would be a pretty powerful argument anywhere but DC,Manhattan or San Francisco.
To: John W
This administration has no shame, and certainly no honor!
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posted on
01/23/2010 2:24:23 PM PST
by
UAConservative
(Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere)
To: John W
''By announcing this decision in Iraq, through an elected official, the United States makes clear it has decided to do what is politically expedient, rather than what is just based on Judge Urbina's unshakable findings that the prosecutors engaged in gross misconduct and intentionally violated Mr. Ball's constitutional rights,'' attorney Steven McCool, who represents Ball, said in a statement. ''In the end, the United States has shown it will pursue an innocent man, rather than justice.'' Okay, something else I've ALWAYS wondered. Who were the guards guarding? Granted they'd have to be high up VIP's that "weren't there" since they were EYEWITNESSES. maybe they were NOC, but no matter, even IF you're CIA or some other alphabet soup entity you might think they were kinda happy they weren't killed. Eh, loose lips and all that rot.
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posted on
01/23/2010 2:55:05 PM PST
by
Karliner
("Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."DDE)
To: John W
I wonder if this is a signal that if they are convicted, that -18bama won’t consider pardoning them. /sarc
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posted on
01/23/2010 2:57:09 PM PST
by
C210N
(A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
First thing that popped into my head...double jeopardy.
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posted on
01/23/2010 3:14:07 PM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(Obamacare: Old folks don't deserve healthcare. They use up too many carbon credits just breathing.)
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