At 12:39 PM 9/18/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>There is nothing to stop the US from gathering evidence and have a
trial to
>convict the terrorists (in their absence if necessary).
Actually, the US almost never (if ever - I'm certainly not aware of it)
conducts trials in absentia.
We generally don't consider a trial in absentia to be far, as one of our
most cherished Constitutional rights is the right of one to confront his
or
her accusers.
JDG
I'm positive Ira Einhorn was conivicted in absentia. In fact now I know
he was:
http://philly.com/packages/einhorn/
Then again I really don't care if OBL gets a fair trial.
Kevin Tarr
