The Evil Right Wing Sequester™ claims more victims!
Oh the pain! The agony! Strife!!!…[holds hand to forehead, palm out, moans, faints].
It’s bad enough air travellers have had to sit through phony landing delays as they fly.
Now comes, perhaps, the lowest move of all…
From The Salt Lake Tribune, we learn:
Lawyers defending bombing suspect amid furloughs
The lawyers defending Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-KHAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) are dealing with federal budget cuts that are forcing them to take three unpaid weeks off, even as they prepare a defense for the high-profile case.
The office of federal defender Miriam Conrad in Boston has been appointed to represent Tsarnaev. The office must complete the furloughs before the end of September because of cuts of around 10 percent.
Furloughs have caused delays in another terror-related case in New York. A public defender representing Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law told a judge this month that furloughs were making it impossible to prepare for trial quickly. The judge said he found it “extremely troublesome” and “stunning” that sequestration was interfering with the prosecution.
Sounds like this will either delay #2′s trial or will be used as grounds for appealing a guilt verdict.
Perhaps both — I wouldn’t put any beyond these rat bastards.
Harry Callahan:
Well, I’m all “broken up” about that man’s rights.
