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Civil liberties organization representing bombing suspect [NY/NJ]
Associated Press ^ | Sep 26, 2016 6:59 PM EDT | Josh Cornfield

Posted on 09/26/2016 9:05:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday began representing a man accused of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey and injuring more than 30 people.

After judges in both states denied attempts by public defenders to represent Ahmed Khan Rahami, a lawyer for the organization’s New Jersey chapter entered a notice of appearance in his case in federal court in Newark on Monday.

Rahami has been hospitalized since he was caught following a shootout with police in Linden last week. He has not made an initial court appearance. …

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TOPICS: US: New Jersey; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aclu; ahmedkhanrahami; bombings; chelsea; manhattan; pipebombs; rahami; rop; seasidepark

1 posted on 09/26/2016 9:05:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The left will FASTRACK his legal proceedings and 0blama will PARDON HIM!


2 posted on 09/26/2016 9:14:18 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America ((Some of you characterized my FReep name as 'paranoid' a few years back.. Care to apologize now?))
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To: Olog-hai

Like any other accused dirt bag he is entitled to his day in court. It’s one of the many things that distinguishes us from the savages on the other side. I am sure there is a mountain of evidence and this would be mass murderer has seen his last day as a free man. So let him have his lawyer and lets get the show on the road.


3 posted on 09/26/2016 9:14:52 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Zero has no pardon authority for state crimes.


4 posted on 09/26/2016 9:15:46 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: NRx

This was about Federal court representation, however.


5 posted on 09/26/2016 9:21:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: NRx

Yes — I am not even all that incensed over it being the ACLU, as public defenders DID have first crack at it and were shut out on technicalities.


6 posted on 09/26/2016 9:23:50 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Olog-hai

If we had to fight WW2 like this the Nazis would have won because we’d have tried every captured soldier in the civilian courts and would have bogged down halfway through while the first ones tried were having their cases appealed or were already getting released on parole....


7 posted on 09/26/2016 9:51:29 PM PDT by piasa
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The left certainly learned from their WWII defeat, setting up the UN and instituting lawfare/moral degeneracy on US soil.


8 posted on 09/26/2016 9:52:58 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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