Can I get a witness?

Poor Judge Brinkema - she may need a long vacation after the Moussaoui case is over. She's had to battle both the Justice Department and the defendant the whole way through.

The sensational Durst case offers another reason the wealthy get more "justice". Shadow juries are expensive.

And TalkLeft reports that Attorney General John Ashcroft hand-picked Virginia over Maryland and other jurisdictions as the venue for the first trial for [accused terrorists] Muhammad and Malvo. He picked Virginia because a jury in that state was most likely to sentence the pair to death, in complete disregard of the unfairness of the death penalty system in the state.

An ACLU article explains the problems in Virginia's "justice" system.

Excerpt:

According to the [ACLU] study, prosecutorial misconduct and incompetent counsel, combined with arbitrary restrictions on presenting evidence and fixing trial mistakes, have created a flawed system that can convict innocent people and deprive others of a fair hearing.

"In Virginia, whether or not you are sentenced to death has little to do with the crime, and everything to do with your race, where you live, and who prosecutes your case," said John Whitehead, Executive Director of the Rutherford Institute. "This is in direct contradiction to America’s fundamental faith in ‘blind’ justice."

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.