Feds want Gun Control? Tucson shooter cops plea

[whitehall]

What in the world were they thinking when they let The Tucson shooter, Jared Loughner, who killed six people in an attempt to murder Rep. Giffords plead guilty to a lesser charge and dodge the death penalty? Didn't Holder's justice dept think they had a good case when the captured the perp literally with a smoking gun in his hand? Why does the Obama administration whine about magazine capacity and assault weapons when they should be seeking the death penalty in this case?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

So, you think it's a good idea to waste millions of taxpayer dollars with many trials and appeals, just to satisfy your bloodlust?

 

[whitehall]

So, you think it's a good idea to waste millions of taxpayer dollars with many trials and appeals, just to satisfy your bloodlust?

Granted the Holder "justice dept" doesn't look too competent but how many trials do you think it would take to convict a shooter who was captured with the freaking smoking gun in his hand? Am I missing something about this guy? Is he related to Bill Ayers or a contributor to Huffington? This is a high profile case. Shouldn't we send a message to future political assassins that we are willing to spend a couple of bucks to try to convict this guy and put him on the gurney with a needle in his arm?

 

[Cecilie1200]

So, you think it's a good idea to waste millions of taxpayer dollars with many trials and appeals, just to satisfy your bloodlust?

Granted the Holder "justice dept" doesn't look too competent but how many trials do you think it would take to convict a shooter who was captured with the freaking smoking gun in his hand? Am I missing something about this guy? Is he related to Bill Ayers or a contributor to Huffington? This is a high profile case. Shouldn't we send a message to future political assassins that we are willing to spend a couple of bucks to try to convict this guy and put him on the gurney with a needle in his arm?

He's crazy. Insanity plea trials are something of a crap shoot, and in this case, prosecutors can't deny outright that he's mentally ill, so they'd have to go with "technically crazy, but not legally crazy", which is rather a fine distinction to try to make with juries.

 

[Publius1787]

So, you think it's a good idea to waste millions of taxpayer dollars with many trials and appeals, just to satisfy your bloodlust?

Justice shoud be blind, and to a certain extent, unaware of her checking account status.