realities, though, which is that often you give the defendant more rights and on and on ad nauseam, the rates of actually putting people to death are low, but i think this is more like mcveigh, jon, and i think you re right. with right. we re talking about the terrorist action here. jon: and because, lis, it traumatized really the entire country, would you expect that would administer impetus to the push absolutely. i cannot imagine the attorney general not seeking the death penalty. the question then will become venue. it traumatized the whole country, but it was there in boston. could the defense say, well, we want a change in venues? gotta be someplace in massachusetts, but maybe not in boston. jon: another case that shocked the world, olympian oscar pistorius is expected to head back to court in march. he admitted he killed his girlfriend on valentine s day saying he thought she was an intruder breaking into his home. crime scene evidence, though,
they got it in, and then they didn t argument it in closing argument. so what the jury heard was the defense version of well, it s very reasonable that he was suspicious because it was raining and he was walking around. and the prosecution didn t say i didn t frankly in my opinion have the guts to say that s not what this was about. i mean really, we can look at autopsy photos. we can look at the deceased remains of a 17-year-old, and we don t have the guts to talk about race? i think that s what is really underlying this case, the failure of the prosecution, among other things to talk about race and say of course he was profiled because he is african-american. we have the statistics. didn t he argue that he was profiled, marcia, and the fact that they didn t bring in race and have the defense say that there is no evidence of race here, and let me bring in three of his black friends.
where george zimmerman called about african-american males in the community. 100% of the calls he made about suspicious people in the community were about african-american males. they got it in, and then they didn t argument it in closing argument. so what the jury heard was the defense version of well, it s very reasonable that he was suspicious because it was raining and he was walking around. and the prosecution didn t say i didn t frankly in my opinion have the guts to say that s not what this was about. i mean really, we can look at autopsy photos. we can look at the deceased remains of a 17-year-old, and we don t have the guts to talk about race? i think that s what is really underlying this case, the failure of the prosecution, among other things to talk about race and say of course he was profiled because he is african-american. we have the statistics. didn t he argue that he was profiled, marcia, and the fact that they didn t bring in race and have the defense say that the
if they label him a terrorist giving the very deserving people purple hearts and the families of the people who died purple hearts then that makes the defense say, oh, you ve labeled him a terrorist. he s got no chance for a fair trial. let s throw it out. please, just wait. it starts may 29th. a military tribunal so the viewers understand. a military tribunal. the truth is what you do in the field of battle, if someone is a perpetrator of islamist violence, they don t get a fair trial. they re no longer entitled to a fair tropical. but u.s. soil and complicated. they ll get the purple hearts. there s a counter point. after 9/11, the people who died in the pentagon got a purple heart and that did not have an effect on the trial. so i think that s not necessarily a great argument for this. for denying our heroes what they deserve, the purple hearts and, you know, to another point, donny, your liberal president is the one who started this all by accusing i didn t know i was res
incident in the sort of larger global war on terror. there s a reason. if they label him a terrorist giving the very deserving people purple hearts and the families of the people who died purple hearts then that makes the defense say, oh, you ve labeled him a terrorist. he s got no chance for a fair trial. let s throw it out. please, just wait. it starts may 29th. a military tribunal so the viewers understand. a military tribunal. the truth is what you do in the field of battle, if someone is a perpetrator, they don t get a trial. they re no longer entitled to a fair tropical. but u.s. soil and complicated. they ll get the purple hearts. there s a counter point. after 9/11, the people who died in the pentagon got a purple heart haen that did the no have an affect on the trial. so i think that s not necessarily a great argument for this. for denying our heroes what they deserve, the purple hearts and, you know, to another point, donny, your liberal president is