Skip to comments.
U.S. jury clears Ghailani of terrorism charges
Reuters on Yahoo ^
| 11/17/10
| Basil Katz
Posted on 11/17/2010 4:24:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-30 last
To: NormsRevenge
The jury found him guilty of one relatively minor charge of conspiracy to damage or destroy U.S. property with explosives.
Minor charge? I heard the sentence could be 20 years to life.
21
posted on
11/17/2010 5:01:05 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
one of the talking heads said he ain’t going nowhere no matter the sentence or outcome of trial.
22
posted on
11/17/2010 5:05:18 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: Lurking Libertarian
23
posted on
11/17/2010 5:26:13 PM PST
by
mrsmith
To: mrsmith
Scroll down to (f)(3).
Fox News is also reporting the 20 year minimum.
To: mrsmith
Scroll down to (f)(3).
Fox News is also reporting the 20 year minimum.
To: NormsRevenge
To: Doulos1
It wasn't a hung jury, the guy was acquitted. That requires a unanimous verdict. Stories about a lone holdout must have been about him not wanting to acquit while the majority did.
It would be the other eleven who would have had to have been bribed.
To: Lurking Libertarian
All right, thanks, here’s what I didn’t see.
“(n) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who
conspires to commit any offense defined in this chapter shall be
subject to the same penalties (other than the penalty of death) as
the penalties prescribed for the offense the commission of which
was the object of the conspiracy.”
28
posted on
11/17/2010 5:48:59 PM PST
by
mrsmith
To: untrained skeptic
Sorry, I was totally confused about this trial. Don’t know what I was thinking about. I think I was thinking about the Blago trial or something.
These terrorists trials should be in military court or tribunals though. Liberal federal judges have an agenda that is not ours.
“Obama is the graffiti on the walls of American history.”
Rush
29
posted on
11/18/2010 5:20:21 AM PST
by
Doulos1
(Bitter Clinger Forever!)
To: Doulos1
I agree that they should be handled by military tribunals. There is too much evidence in most of these cases that can't be introduced in a public trial. I don't suggest reducing the burden of proof, but you can't release highly classified data or expose sources in order to have a public trial. Keeping such things hidden from the jurors however leaves gaps and creates doubts, quite possibly reasonable doubts since they may have reasonable questions that can't be answered.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-30 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson