The defendant rules – Not Guilty!
Yep! We finally have an international precedent that the United States can really benefit in implementing – asking the defendant for the judicial ruling.
Why didn't anyone think of this before?
Fortunately, we are already seeing the promotion of this new doctrine in the United States. As the Weekly Standard points out, even the Senate Intelligence Committee forgets the evidence in order to favor the validity of Saddam's own testimony.
At least this idea was discovered in time for Saddam Hussein to benefit from it. Abdullah Al-Amiri, the chief judge presiding over Saddam's trial, expressly said, "You were not a dictator. People around you made you … a dictator."
Brilliant! Next time we have a mass murderer on trial in the United States, we can forgo the jury, judge, lawyers and cost to the judicial system … just take the defendants word for it.
Why didn't anyone think of this before?
Fortunately, we are already seeing the promotion of this new doctrine in the United States. As the Weekly Standard points out, even the Senate Intelligence Committee forgets the evidence in order to favor the validity of Saddam's own testimony.
At least this idea was discovered in time for Saddam Hussein to benefit from it. Abdullah Al-Amiri, the chief judge presiding over Saddam's trial, expressly said, "You were not a dictator. People around you made you … a dictator."
Brilliant! Next time we have a mass murderer on trial in the United States, we can forgo the jury, judge, lawyers and cost to the judicial system … just take the defendants word for it.
posted by Matt Pitchford at 15:07
3 Comments:
Hey, you guys have got a great blog going here. Keep up the good work!
In Christ,
Katherine
To DJ:
You miss nothing. Excellent point! Has everyone forgotten that if he didn't want to be a dictator, he certainly did a good job of faking it?
To Katherine:
Thanks! We appreciate it!
-Matt :-)
It depends on what the definition of "is" is.
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