Lynndie England update
May 4th, 2005 by ShayneThe judge has rejected Lynndie England’s guilty plea, one of the depraved guards who was making fun of Iraqis’ naked bodies. And this is why:
Under military law, the judge could formally accept her guilty plea only if he was [sic] convinced that she knew at the time that what she was doing was illegal.
Um, hello! It doesn’t really matter whether it was illegal or not. You’re just not supposed to look at or hang around naked bodies like that. If it were legal, she still shouldn’t have done that, because it’s just plain WRONG!! I think she needs a quick lesson in Biblical law, and so does the judge.
May 7th, 2005 at 12:34 am
Technically/legally, he couldn’t accept a guilty plea if there is reason to believe that the defendent believes him/herself to be innocent. It’s a technicality applicable to Military Justice, not Civil Justice. End result is that she probably will get a stiffer sentence.
Think about it, her civil law defense used the plea bargain which normally would get her a reduced sentence in our court system. Now that plea bargan is worthless. And to be found guilty while claiming innocence will get her 5 - 10, instead of the hoped for 2 years. IOW, she’s gonna get what those two Marines got in that flick “A Few Good Men”.
May 7th, 2005 at 7:26 pm
Hey, Andy, it’s good to have you on here! I’ve seen your posts many times on LSB’s site.
Thanks for dropping by!
Well, my problem with the judge was that he’s trying to see if she knew what she was doing was wrong under military law. The issue is that it doesn’t matter what the military rules were: she shouldn’t have been doing that under God’s laws! She’s guilty no matter what she knew about the military rules. *That’s* my complaint: it’s just plain wrong.
May 8th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
Hey Shayne, I understand your sentiment and under a Judeo Judges scenaio, I don’t have a problem with it.
I’m wary of judges under our poly-religion system abusing the rule of law under any circumstance. Where we might hail the judge for doing the right thing under God’s law, the table could be turned on us by another judge using the exact same extra-legal justification. Know what I mean?
By comparisonj, look at how Peter and Paul used Roman law to great effect. Rome was hardly a Christian nation. All the same, Roman law was used to execute many Christians, including Peter & Paul.