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Civilian Terrorism Trials Work

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Leonie Brinkema, the federal district court judge who oversaw the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, is quoted in the Associated Press on Sunday that terrorism trials in the federal courts are not just good for the defendant, they are gooder (if that is a word) for the United States. That AP article begins: The judge who presided over Zacarias Moussaoui’s trial questioned the government’s decision to seek a death sentence against the Sept. 11 conspirator, and offered a strong defense of federal courts’ ability to handle terror trials. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said in a speech Friday at the American University law school that the government’s decision to seek a death sentence against Moussaoui appeared to be politically motivated, and that the zealous pursuit of a death sentence opened up numerous issues of exposing classified information that otherwise could have been avoided...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).