• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Jesus fucking Christ. What useless grandstanding on the Feds’ part.

    The original deal, which would reportedly have spared the alleged attackers the death penalty, was criticised by some families of victims.

    Of course. It’s an election year. Can’t be ‘soft on terror’.

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      11 months ago

      A lot of the families are for this deal, but it’s a hard sell politically so the trial will continue for many years to come. May never end.

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        11 months ago

        it’s a long-known irony that politicians who say they are “tough on X” simply mean they are using ill-considered rhetoric to launch ill-considered legislation, which has the opposite effect.