What style of "justice" we can look forward to, thanks to Bush

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http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061030/full/061030-8.html

see also: http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061023/full/443888a.html

Libya HIV trial conclusion delayed
Prosecution asks for extra session in death-penalty trial.

The death-penalty trial of six foreign medical workers in Libya, which was scheduled to end yesterday, 31 October, has been extended until this weekend at the earliest.

The medics are accused of deliberately injecting 426 children with HIV at the Al-Fateh Hospital in Benghazi in 1998. Yesterday's hearing — the eleventh of the trial that began 11 May — was the first time that the defence had argued its case.

The sitting was scheduled to be the last day of the trial, but the prosecution argued that they needed a further extraordinary court sitting to respond to the defence arguments. This has been granted for 4 November.

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The defence reiterated their claim that confessions had been extracted under duress and torture. They also charged that documents presented as evidence by the prosecution had been faked.
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Hmmm, deliberately injecting 426 children with HIV? That sounds almost like an act of terrorism. So...the Libyan government went ahead and tortured the accused to elicit confessions.

It seems to me that an act of grave injustice in Libya may soon be happening in the land of the free and home of the brave. Congrats Bush, you've set a high standard for America. Now events that could only happen in third world dictatorships can happen in our own country too! And with the blessings of Congress... I am shamed, again, for my country. Please read both articles. This is an outrage.