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| Court Rejects Johnny Jihad's Request to Drop Case |
| 2002-06-18 |
| A federal judge on Monday rejected a plea by attorneys for John Walker Lindh to dismiss the entire case against the American Taliban or move the trial away from Virginia. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis denied seven motions by Lindh's defense team, which had argued the charges against him ignored his constitutional rights. Ellis also denied a defense request to change the venue of the trial, saying the proximity to the Pentagon, hit in the Sept. 11 attack, would not affect a jury pool. "Yer honor, my client asserts his constitutional right of free association. Jes' cuz he was associatin' with a bunch of blood-thirsty killers who want to destroy this here Great Country™ ain't no reason to jug him! Jes' cuz he'da shot everybody in this here courtroom and danced in their blood don't mean he's an enemy of this here Great Country™. He loves this here Great Country™. It's jes' the gummint, and the people he hates. And the dawgs. And cats. He jes' hates cats. Anyway, he wuz jes' exercising his rights, thassall." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |