Posted on 05/04/2014 5:32:12 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Top barrister: Amal Alamuddin is defending a suspected Libyan war criminal accused of masterminding the Lockerbie bombing
Having won the heart of the world’s most eligible bachelor, Amal Alamuddin is getting used to being the centre of attention.
But George Clooney’s fiancée has also hit the spotlight for a very different reason – defending a suspected Libyan war criminal accused of masterminding the Lockerbie bombing.
It has been just a week since her engagement to the Hollywood heart-throb was revealed but it is already clear that the high-flying barrister is not about to let her career take a back seat.
The international human rights lawyer is representing Abdullah al-Senussi, Colonel Gaddafi’s former right-hand man, who is accused of numerous atrocities against his people.
She is helping the 64-year-old appeal against the decision to allow his trial to take place in Libya, where he could face the death penalty.
Beirut-born, Oxford University-educated Miss Alamuddin, 36, previously represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his fight against extradition to Sweden on sex assault charges.
She was also a legal adviser to Bahrain’s king, Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, who has been accused by human rights groups of systematic torture and repression.
al-Senussi was convicted in absentia by a French court for the 1989 bombing of a French airliner. In Libya he is accused of overseeing a prison massacre of 1,200 inmates as well as torture and hangings. He was charged along with Gaddafi’s playboy son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, with war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
Under United Nations rules, the Hague court was due to hear the case unless Libya could prove that it was capable of overseeing it.
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wow, that’s gotta be a man.
Is everything with liberals a charade? They threw in a couple of photos of attractive women with the photo’s of George’s beard to make her seem more appealing.
“George Clooney’s fiancée”, that’s rich, give it a few months, he’ll move on to his next cover girl beard.
In which case Amal is not a breard but a merkin.
I’d wager a bet that old Georgie is planning to ‘run’ for some office in the near future. Who set them up, Hillary?
What a sad life, filled with twisted sickness.
She’s pretty scary looking. My wife’s much prettier and I’m not rich, handsome or famous.
But a Lawyer don’t have to take on a client if she feels he is guilty.
Come on! Criminal defense lawyers know that nearly all of their clients are guilty of something. They also believe that everyone is entitled to a defense. The justice system depends on it.
Not so. Some defense attorneys will only take a case if they believe that person is innocent. Most lawyers are bottomfeeding slimbaLls that pervert the law
Not so. Some defense attorneys will only take a case if they believe that person is innocent. Most lawyers are bottomfeeding slimbaLls that pervert the law
“Many attorneys can’t handle the complex ethical balancing that criminal defense work requires. ... But they are not the villains and liars of the American justice system; they are its ethical heroes. Their zeal in making sure that citizens lose their freedom only when there is strong evidence to justify it protects all of us, and we owe them our gratitude, and perhaps some day, our lives.”
http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/list/defense.html
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