> hah, the case would take years to be heard, another few years to get a > judgement, and so on... take the Mumbai 26/11 terrorism case where > despite the evidence, Kasab's lawyer is trying to pass him off as a > juvenile, .... Who is to blame for the frivolousness being indulged > in, while a terrorist enjoys state hospitality at the tax-payers > expense.
What's the problem? It's the lawyer's duty to defend him to the best of his/her ability (wasn't the woman who was initially appointed forced to stand down because of a conflict?) within the law. She isn't allowed to put forward arguments that she knows (note: "knows", not "suspects") to be untrue, but as long as there is any uncertainty at all about his age, she can and should put forward any argument she can to save him. As for "terrorist enjoys state hospitality at taxpayer expense", I don't know where to begin. I suggest you take a pitchfork and stand outside his jail shouting slogans - you'll probably draw enough people to create a mob quite quickly and you can go in and take him out, along with the last shreds of the rule of law in India. Badri
