Saturday, March 17, 2007
Lawyers Being Lawyers
The word "murder" may well be next.
I guess it's a case of "Nothing ventured, nothing gained"...
I guess it's a case of "Nothing ventured, nothing gained"...
Jane Sutton reports for Reuters:
"Defense lawyers want the word 'terrorist' banned as too inflammatory in the U.S. trial of Jose Padilla and two other men charged with conspiring to aid Islamist extremists overseas.
The word conjures up visions of someone with a bomb belt blowing up himself and others in a crowded cafe, Jeanne Baker, an attorney representing co-defendant Adham Amin Hassoun, said during a hearing in the high-profile case on Friday.
'The word terrorist has nothing to do with this case,' Baker said. 'The word terrorist is used to label an enemy.'
U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, who has set trial for April 16, did not immediately rule on the request."
