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THE PAYOFF

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

45 years after 3 civil rights workers were brutally slain, Philadelphia, Mississippi, a town synonymous with deep south "justice" and racial hatred, has elected its first African American Mayor. The election of Pentecostal Minister James A Young on Tuesday means that James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner did not die in vane.  The title of the post links to the NY Times story. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS QUOTE?In a speech at the National Archives on Thursday, President Obama had this to say when announcing that he was ordering the transfer of one detainee from Guantanamo to the United States for trial: ?Preventing this detainee from coming to our shores would prevent his trial and conviction,? Mr. Obama said.We're transferring a prisoner FROM Cuba, TO the United States for a quick "trial and conviction"???Seems to us  that makes our judicial system no better than say, Cuba's, or Iran's...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).