Family of Irish 9/11 victims slam delay in US trial process
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Published Monday, September 5, 2011, 7:20 AM
Updated Monday, September 5, 2011, 7:20 AM
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joycean | Sep 06, 2011, 12:29 PM EDT
I can understand the feeling that these families have, but the Obama administration tried to have them put on trial in NY and found that New Yorkers were vehemently opposed. Trials would have cost the city a fortune for security, and would have turned into circuses. And ultimately, they would be found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
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EvelynDavey | Sep 05, 2011, 01:04 PM EDT
To dearlyinaz, because if they are transferred to a prison on US territory they will get all the rights of a citizen. And that could set them free because some information is too sensitive to explain in open court, along with other reasons. No, they are war criminals and should be treated as such.
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dearlyinaz | Sep 05, 2011, 11:56 AM EDT
I'd imagine that justice will never be done for the families of those who lost loved ones on 9/11. But the planners of 9/11 who are in Guantanamo are facing some kind of justice in that they will never be released and will die in jail. If they are ever moved to a top security prison on U.S soil, I think they would get a different kind of justice at the hands of other prisoners. So why won't Republicans let Obama shut down Guantanamo and move the terrorists to U.S. prisons? Then we'd get our "pound of flesh" so many Americans desire.
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bostonblakie | Sep 05, 2011, 11:40 AM EDT
An incredibly difficult dilemma.
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