Posted on 04/22/2013 10:42:57 AM PDT by Envisioning
The White House said Monday that the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will not be treated as an enemy combatant, in response to calls from Republican lawmakers to consider that option.
The announcement came as a sealed complaint was filed against suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Fox News has learned that the suspect made an initial appearance in front of a federal magistrate judge at the hospital where he is still being treated. No plea was entered.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/22/white-house-says-boston-bombing-suspect-will-not-be-treated-as-enemy-combatant/#ixzz2RDOmB3KX
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In a felony court, or are they going to let him off with a traffic ticket?
Actually, I want an open court and open testimony; I doubt we’ll get this no matter what the venue.
But a good defense attorney could raise some interesting questions.
(Neither Sirhan nor Oswald nor Ray ever got open trials,
with cross-examinations and questions asked.)
no, this is what they did to macveigh. he’s a us citizen on us soil. if we lose our constitutional protections in this case, it will set a dangerous precedent. we can’t have justice by lynch mob.
Was Bush impeached when Jose Padilla was tried in a civilian court? If not, why the double standard?
No...He was bullied by his brother...
Americans made fun of his big nose...
The Internet was a bad influence on him...
All the racism in America drove him to strike out for justice...
Not the least bit surprised.
And now we’ll also soon learn about a new diagnosis of some kind ...along the lines of workplace violence:
Public Event violence
Street onlooker violence
Teen angst violence
Marathon explosion syndrome
Mods can you edit the title?
Yawn...
arrested by police = civilian trial
arrested by military = military tribunal
So speaks King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
I cannot disagree with that. He's a US Citizen. Probably should not be but he is.
Since there is no enemy
There is no enemy combatant.
The captured guy is therefore a criminal
QED
If there is no war
there are no warriors
only criminals murder
QED
The logic is unassailable if you accept there is no war
He is a legal citizen.
It would have been interesting if his brother had survived. Then we might have had one in military court and one in federal court.
I have a problem with Enemy Combatant Status for American citizens (e.g., being stripped of all rights), because any of us could be next.
Poor kid. And if they try him in NY, he’ll probably be acquitted.
Can you at least disagree with his term “lynch mob”?
Frustration, I believe. They know very well that even if the terrorist was not a citizen on the US, Zero would still make the same decision.
O.J. got an open court trial.
How informative was that? What kind of Justice was achieved?
The Administration will just use this trial the same way, for its own ends, and not for Justice or to uncover the real threat.
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