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April 28, 2005
Unsworn Testimony
I wonder if someone, anyone, would be kind enough to explain to me what place "unsworn testimony" has in a legal court proceeding?
Why should Hasan Akbar be permitted to address the jury, without having to do so under oath? Why should the jury consider such a statement? I am not the least bit interested in anything this piece of shit has to say, I have heard enough from him and those like him.
Allowing Akbar to address the jury in such a manner turns the proceeding into a farce.
Consider the facts:
FACT: Hasan Akbar is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder for the deaths of two officers and wounding of 14 others in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at the start of the Iraq war.
FACT: Akbar wrote in his diary that once he was sent to Iraq, "I am going to try and kill as many of them as possible."
FACT: Akbar intended to kill officers in his brigade's leadership, including the brigade commander.
FACT: Before launching the attack, Akbar turned off a generator that plunged the outside area of the officers' camp into darkness.
FACT: Akbar then threw an incendiary grenade into the brigade commander's tent, knowing it would make the three men inside stand up and be vulnerable to shrapnel from a fragmentation grenade.
FACT: At the next tent, occupied by majors, Akbar yelled "We're under attack" so the soldiers inside would stand up, making them better shrapnel targets as well.
FACT: Akbar repeated the procedure at a tent occupied by captains and lieutenants, and waited outside for a target he could hit with rifle fire.
FACT: Akbar planned to do murder, as evidenced by his own words in his diary, and there was a sustained period of contemplation in connection with the murders.
FACT: Akbar is guilty of high treason and murder in the first degree.
FACT: Akbar murdered Army Capt. Christopher Seifert.
FACT: Akbar murdered Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone.
FACT: Akbar attempted to murder at least 14 additional soldiers, all of whom were injured in the attack.
FACT: Akbar has been convicted by a military jury of premeditated murder and attempted murder.
Enough! I wish you Godspeed Jurors, may you come to a swift, just decision and impose the maximum penalty allowable:
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Posted by LindaSoG at April 28, 2005 09:37 AM