Travesty in New York

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Author(s)	Charles Krauthammer
Source	The Washington Post
Date	November 20, 2009
URL	http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111903434.html
Quote	"What happens if KSM (and his co-defendants) "do not get convicted," asked Senate Judiciary Committee member Herb Kohl. "Failure is not an option," replied Holder. Not an option? Doesn't the presumption of innocence, er, presume that prosecutorial failure -- acquittal, hung jury -- is an option? By undermining that presumption, Holder is undermining the fairness of the trial, the demonstration of which is the alleged rationale for putting on this show in the first place."

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