Error On Error
Who hires the headline writers for CNN? Government goof could save would-be hijacker. GOOF? Spilling coffee on your pants before court is a goof; this could result in career ending penalties.
The BBC writer says: Moussaoui judge interrupts trial
Judge Leonie Brinkema is considering whether to rule out the possibility of executing Moussaoui because of “egregious” government misconduct.
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“In all the years I’ve been on the bench, I’ve never seen such an egregious violation of the court’s rule on witnesses,” she told the trial in Virginia, now into its second week.
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“This is the second significant error by the government affecting the constitutional rights of this defendant,” Judge Brinkema said on Monday.“More importantly, it affects the integrity of the criminal justice system of the United States.”
In the criminal justice world this would be called “witness tampering” and you go to prison for it. This wasn’t an accident, it was an intentional violation of procedure.
The incompetent cronies at the Shrubbery’s Justice Department are about to blow a case in which the defendant confessed. They just can’t follow the rules.
