I feel ill.
Via AmericaBlog: The military trial of the soldiers who raped and murdered fourteen-year-old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and murdered her family has begun in Baghdad. The testimony is predictably sickening. (In addition to what we already know of the crime, it sounds like they may have set her on fire while she was alive.) But so is the courtroom behavior of a defense attorney and defendent. Anthony Yribe apparently wasn't directly involved, he's charged with dereliction of duty and making a false statement.
Defense Attorney Captain Jimmie Culp was blowing chewing gum bubbles while Yribe, sitting to his left, began sucking on a red lollipop during the testimony.
I don't have the words.
But here are some. I usually think the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. In this case, I don't think it's cruel or unusual enough. And, this case better result in convictions, otherwise Iraq is gonna make the Rodney King riots look like an ice cream social.
Defense Attorney Captain Jimmie Culp was blowing chewing gum bubbles while Yribe, sitting to his left, began sucking on a red lollipop during the testimony.
I don't have the words.
But here are some. I usually think the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. In this case, I don't think it's cruel or unusual enough. And, this case better result in convictions, otherwise Iraq is gonna make the Rodney King riots look like an ice cream social.