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U.S. Won’t Seek Death for Aussie Suspect |
2003-07-22 |
EFL to just the new stuff. The United States has assured Australia it will not seek a death sentence against an Australian terror suspect detained at Guantanamo Bay if he is convicted, Australia’s defense minister said Monday. The comments by Defense Minister Robert Hill came as Justice Minister Chris Ellison arrived in Washington to join a British delegation lobbying U.S. officials for a fair trial for their detained nationals. Oh, they’re getting a fair trial! The United States agreed last week to temporarily suspend legal action against Australian David Hicks and two British citizens held at the U.S. base in Cuba. The three were among six men set to face military tribunals as ``enemy combatants’’ against the United States. ``We are confident as a result of our discussions with the U.S. that he wouldn’t face the death penalty,’’ Hill told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television. Hicks was captured while Mr. Hicks will enjoy Gitmo for the rest of his sorry-assed life. Sounds good to me. |
Posted by:Steve White |
#3 Igs: how dare you assume he will not get a fair trial. Have you even the slightest idea of the judicial process he will be entering into? the ability to appeal his sentence to a higher authority? the right to legal representation? David Hicks is a traitor who went to Afghanistan to learn & teach how to kill Australians, Americans and British people. He deserves to die a traitors death. We don't want him back in Australia that's for sure! Of course, lame-brainers like yourself will turn him into some sort of figurehead hero to rally around, but you forget he already admitted it. |
Posted by: Anon1 2003-7-24 7:09:19 AM |
#2 fair trial??? yeah, right, I'd like to see that. He hasn't broken any Australian laws, he did break US laws, but hold on, he's not a US citizen and was not taken into custody on US territory. |
Posted by: Igs 2003-7-22 10:04:55 PM |
#1 Sentence him to eat nothing but vegemite. |
Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-7-22 1:36:01 PM |