November 2, 2007
THE TEMPLATE THE DEMOCRATS FAVOR:
In Spain, rage, dismay over terror sentences (Daniel Woolls, 11/02/07, Associated Press)
They'd been longing for justice for more than three years and instead got what they called a gut punch of acquittals and convictions on lesser charges. [...]Posted by Orrin Judd at November 2, 2007 7:45 AM"It was like a slap in our face," Jesus Abril, who lost his 19-year-old son Oscar, said of the verdicts. [...]
He and others whose loved ones died in the explosions March 11, 2004, said they could not believe the decisions read by Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez.
"The general response was to think how easy, how cheap it is to kill in Spain," Abril said yesterday.
Comments
I know zero about Spain's judiciary -- was this a jury trial or a decision of a judge, panel of judges, what? The link didn't clear that up.
Posted by: Twn at November 2, 2007 1:19 PMThey don't want to upset the terrorists again, do they.
Posted by: Genecis at November 3, 2007 4:13 PM