Court Calls A Do Over In Terror Hearings After Failure To Record
from the are-they-allowed-to-change-arguments? dept
We covered how court staffers, totally spooked by FBI agents sweeping the court room for recording devices, failed to record the public portion of oral arguments in an important terrorism case (against Adel Daoud), meaning that there was no official recording or transcript of the hearing (part of which was also held in secret). But now, the court has called for a rare "do over" on the public portion of the hearing.A federal appeals court in Chicago has rescheduled oral arguments in a terrorism case after courtroom staff failed to record a significant hearing.So, um, what? The original was a dress rehearsal? Do they get to make different arguments, or are they expected to basically repeat the script they did a week earlier? Will it play out like an awkward re-enactment? And, most importantly, will Judge Posner, once again yell "Look! You answer my questions, not your questions!" at the lawyers?
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a notice on Friday saying it would rehear arguments June 11 in the case against Adel Daoud, who's accused of trying to set off a bomb near a Chicago bar in 2012.
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Filed Under: 7th circuit, adel daoud, appeals court, do over, doj, fbi, recording, richard posner
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If someone was using a bug to listen into public proceedings, is that really so bad? And if the FBI is conducting business in the courtroom that they think needs to be kept secret, shouldn't they ask the court to verify that the courtroom is secure? Am I allowed to bring my own bug detector into the courtroom?
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BWHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA just kidding.
Terrorists are so bad we just suspend all of those rules meant only for Good People(tm) (as we secretly decide if they are good or not).
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defense- "excuse me?"
judge - "you're now supposed to say 'i object'"
defnse- "no, that was prosecutor"
prosecutor- "i didn't object, you object"
judge- "quiet you two, this isn't the three stooges"
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I blame the video games
Forgot to record the court case? Ok, let's just reset.
These video games are ruining our society. We need to stop them - for the children!
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Wouldn't failing to maintain a record of the proceedings count as not following the correct procedure? How is this entire case not tainted by this? (Of course, the entire case is already tainted by secret proceedings but...) Is there precedent for such a "do-over" in a trial?
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unfair advantage to the prosecution
It's MUCH easier for the prosecution to revamp it's arguments (and still appear credible) than for the defense -- which is basically stuck with whatever alibi was used the first time around.
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The Courts have been broken for decades.
MAy 1995 ABA - The lies have it. $-+ year DA for Milwaukee Counry points out how lying in court (perjury) is ignored.
If the Court system is unable to address lying in Court - a simple "do over" is progress.
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I'm certainly not a lawyer, but it sounds like this will be fought against: link
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WTF! I stand by my original assessment about these secret trials in secret courts, bound by secret laws and executive memo orders. In other words, tyrannical justice.
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Prosecutor's Nightmare before Christmas
And outside the court,
Prosecutors were panicked,
That the case would abort.
They'd held a long hearing;
To grind 'neath their heel,
The defendant's full Rights;
But they gave him appeal.
The hearing was held,
Without an epistle,
A procedural error that,
Risked a dismissal.
"What shall we do?"
A desperate cry;
A solution occurs,
"The hearing we'll retry."
"It just didn't happen,
"Redone it will be;
"Because we respect,
"The Rights of the free."
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