because when a president does that, when a president makes public pronouncements like that, he gravely interferes with the ability of the justice system to ever legitimately find that person guilty or sentence them without prejudice. that's true in the normal criminal justice system or in the military justice system, or even in the half-baked military commission system in guantanamo. the president has just to say, i think the trial should end up that way -- and then -- the whole -- and then you have ensured the trial will not end up that way. the president's remarks about a person's guilt or innocence, and the sentence they should receive, those remarks have legal bearing. and so now, because of the president's tweet, whether or not you think it's a good thing or not, because of the president's tweet, the terrorist attack suspect from new york city this week will not ever get the death penalty in this country. because of what president trump said this week publicly about