Lawyers Defending Bombing Suspect Amid Furloughs.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/ap

The lawyers defending Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-KHAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) are dealing with federal budget cuts that are forcing them to take three unpaid weeks off, even as they prepare a defense for the high-profile case.

The office of federal defender Miriam Conrad in Boston has been appointed to represent Tsarnaev. The office must complete the furloughs before the end of September because of cuts of around 10 percent.

Furloughs have caused delays in another terror-related case in New York. A public defender representing Osama bin Laden's son-in-law told a judge this month that furloughs were making it impossible to prepare for trial quickly. The judge said he found it "extremely troublesome" and "stunning" that sequestration was interfering with the prosecution.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/04/24/us/ap-us-boston-marathon-public-defender.html?hp

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. No Problem

They'll just delay the trial a few months/years.

The way our justice system works, it should be about 5 years before any sort of verdict comes out on Dzhokhar.

Our great system.....delays, delays, delays.....stall, stall, stall.....while the victims remain deceased.

Time marches merrily along for the suspects, but not the victims.

[elleng]

2. Doubt it.