02-11-2008, 02:01 PM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:I just don't see how it is fair to re-try Wecht after a mistrial, and more so that in the Watada case, the Courts ruled it would be double jeopardy to do so. http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/10/22/0513/0219 Seems to me our legal system is hanging by a thread and most judges are as clueless to what justice really entails as are the would-be masters of planet who appoint them, pack the courts with 'em and appoint the (maddog politically-motivated) prosecutors to go 'get them'. Retrial info on Wecht here http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08250/909966-85.stm and latest here with the full 44 page decision here. There never should have been a first trial against Wecht and a re-trial is in the cruel and unusual punishment range.....squared.
Justice? Not!
This is payback pure and simple. Keep in mind that they confiscated all his JFK files. And the media blackout on this outrageous prosecution is beyond despicable.
I had not heard about efforts to end double jeopardy.
Let's bring back burning at the stake too.
Seriously, this is beyond the absurd. The courts are already very clogged with too many jury trials. I have one 1/5 and was told Wednesday by the DA that I am number 35, so it will likely be re-set. I can't imagine the extra clogging if DJ is abolished. DA's will love it but the rest of us, including judges will revolt.
Dawn