RSSUS Senator Mitch McConnell (KY-R) Raises Concern Over Civilian Terror Trials in Light of Casey Anthony Acquittal
Imagine if the Casey Anthony jury was put in charge of judging a terror suspect?
Who would ever have thought that we would be using the words Casey Anthony and terrorism in the same sentences? However, after the debacle that occurred in Orlando, FL following the head scratching verdict of the jury of “not guilty” on all major charges in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, that is exactly what has transpired. US Senator Mitch McConnell (KY-R) said on Fox News Sunday that the acquittal in the Casey Anthony murder trial is exactly the reason why terror suspects cannot be tried in civilian court.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell pointed to the acquittal of Casey Anthony as an example of why the U.S. civilian court system should not be trusted to try terror suspects.
Anthony, the Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, was found not guilty Tuesday on all charges except lying to investigators. Becoming perhaps the first lawmaker to do so, McConnell drew a lesson Sunday from that case in connection with the debate in Washington over whether to try suspected terrorists in federal courts.
President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder had previously stopped the military tribunals of KSM and other terror suspects to instead try these cases in NYC. Of course we know how that ended as a hue and cry went up through the United States and New York City that no such trial should ever take place in the shadows of Ground Zero and a civilian court. Eventually, Obama/Holder pulled the plug on it.
However, McConnell and other Republicans were outraged this past week after the Obama administration moved to charge a Somali terror suspect in civilian court in New York. We just learned by the verdict in the Casey Anthony case that juries are as much of a crap shoot as the reliability of a terrorist underwear bomb. What would happen if a terrorist’s attorney played the same games as Casey Anthony’s defense team and the jurors ignored prosecutors evidence and decided to more accept defense theories of a crime instead?
The question is no longer just whether terrorist should be provided the benefits of the US Constitution by being tried in civilian court, what also must be looked at is whether a jury could actually be capable of judging such a case. What will happen when defense council in opening statements says that the terrorist committed the act and killed American because he was molested by George Anthony and that the individual killed by a road side bomb or detonated bomb vest actually died from drowning in a pool? Will the jury find the terrorist not guilty of murder and only find them guilty of lesser charges of littering or destruction of property? After all, it was not the terrorist who did the computer searches of how to make a bomb … it was really done by Cindy Anthony.
Does America really want to take their chances with terror suspects and guilty beyond a reasonable doubt? A note to Eric Holder, you might want to scratch Pinellas County off the list of jurisdictions to hold any civilian trial.
Posted July 10, 2011 by Scared Monkeys AG Eric Holder, Facebook, Justice, Legal - Court Room - Trial, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Obamanation, Senate, US Constitution, US National Security, War on Terror, WTF | 6 comments |
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I knew the average American lay person would not be able to handle such a trial before the Casey Anthony debacle but now I’m thoroughly convinced. The Pinellas Pinheads proved that too many of our fellow citizens are incapable of following jury instructions. I am left wondering if they did so out of incompetence, greed or sequestration fatigue.
this ranks of democrat justice.
Mitch McConnell is absolutely correct.
If this jury (Casey Anthony) is represenative of the level of intelligence and the ability to listen and examine evidence presented in a trial, there is no way any terriost trial should be held in a regular US court.
Go Senator McConnell!
I am so saddened by the fact that there was not a professional jury on this case, If there had been, Casey would be behind bars right now where she belongs! This jury was so out of their league and obviously they lacked conviction!! God, the circumstancial evidence was so compelling, and they did not even bother to follow the Judge’s instructions!!! Let’s face it, they got lost in the dust and they were not the brightest lights on the tree!! Thank you for your acknowledgment Senator.
Thank you Senator McConnell for bravely stating the obvious about the Casey Anthony verdict. The jury made a disgrace of our justice system that day and let a child killer go free that day to live a life of luxury while they sit in hiding and have to quit their jobs. This really shows the importance of following instructions, now doesn’t it??
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-us-supreme-court-try-casey-anthony-in-federal-court