I saw this article on Foxnews.com. It talks about the increased security measures and so on, but what really caught my eye was this:
Kasab, who was wounded and captured by police in the first hours of the Nov. 26 attack, has been repeatedly interrogated by authorities and reportedly offered key details about the planning of the assault and those responsible for it.Many lawyers across the city, horrified by the attacks, have said they would not represent Kasab. On Thursday, Dinesh Mota, a lawyer asked by the court to defend Kasab, said he would refuse.
"I will not represent him, it is against all human values," he said.
Here you have lawyers in India who actually get what terrorism is about, while in the US you have the ACLU and other ambulance chasers rushing to defend the GITMO detainees for reasons as petty as political posturing and fame.
cross posted: The TrueSoldier Rants
TrueSoldier wants alleged criminals who have not yet had their due process to be presumed guilty and thus have no defense. He thinks this is a good thing, and that Americans who rush to ensure that everyone has a fair trial, and is provided with the due process that they are entitled to as human beings prior to being declared guilty are somehow worth less.
Can I then assume that you would have hated John Adams - Second President of our nation - for defending the English soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre?
Posted by: Andrew Brown on December 11, 2008 11:09 AMI probably should have worded it better. Economic Hawks will be kept out of the action in Seattle politics until Republicans begin to battle for common sense spending as fiercely as they defend life and marriage.
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What True Soldier may actually be saying is what he said, but I also like it that Indian lawyers aren't standing in line for the privilege of getting "face" time. I think we call them "ambulance chasers". In the USA, there would be thousands of attorneys vying for the privilege of defending this guy.
Posted by: swatter on December 12, 2008 07:26 AMPeople like yourself would seem to support the idea that if the public thinks someone is guilty, they should just be summarily executed without a trial or chance to argue their case before an objective judge.
Everyone deserves rights. That's what makes us Americans.
Posted by: Andrew Brown on December 12, 2008 09:59 AM