Shooting in Tucson

[justcarol67]

Carol earlier:
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> > The good news is that Gabrielle Giffords is off the ventilator and 
> > breathing on her own
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> Well, I'm very happy that she survived - happy for her and her family, of course, but also glad that the shooter won't have the satisfaction...
> 
> zanooda
>
Carol responds:

Absolutely, especially given his most recently discovered scrap of writing ("Die, b----!").

I just hope that his trial isn't declared a mistrial because he's already been tried in the media and found guilty on all counts. Obviously, there's more than enough evidence to convict him, but where will they find twelve objective jurors--at least for the state offenses, which require a trial by jury?

Carol, hoping that one of the lawyers on the list can tell us whether federal cases are tried by a judge or a jury