Padilla verdict in, will be announced in an hour.

[AlCzervik]

just heard on M$NBC. no ink yet, just a heads up.

[babylonsister]

1. I could be wrong, but at this point, after all I've read and the way

'our government' stole his mind through torture, I feel nothing but sympathy for this guy.

[Drum]

6. me too. nt

[AlCzervik]

7. the government has changed the charges how many times now?

[marmar]

11. Same here.....

The U.S. government has become what it claims to hold in contempt.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Thanks for the heads up

[AlCzervik]

4. verdict will be read at 2:00pm est. And you're welcome.

:hi:

[ccpup]

3. I wonder if the quick deliberation

by the Jury is a "good thing" for Padilla or a "bad thing"? Any legal minds want to way in with what the speed of this deliberation might mean?

[AlCzervik]

5. good question, they either decided real quick he's guilty---or---they figured

out the governments case was shit.

[Lobster Martini]

9. He's doomed...

Not a judgment...all I know is what I've read, which may or may not be accurate...but I would bet on the two words that are going through his mind right now and I will not type them.

[AlCzervik]

10. have you recovered yet?

[Lobster Martini]

12. Actually doing quite well, thank you for asking. The courtesy is appreciated.

[AlCzervik]

13. well i'm glad to hear it and to be honest from your op i still don't quite understand

what happened. Maybe you could fill us in a bit more?

[GodlessBiker]

14. Quick deliberations are usually, usually good for defendants.

I haven't been following how quick this one was.

[Jack Rabbit]

15. It doesn't matter whether he is guilty or innocent

The fact he was tried in open court is a victory. Celebrate that.

I think it was Padilla's lawyer who characterized the irony of his case before the Supreme Court; he said he was probably the first person in American history to go to court to plea that his client should be indicted.

[babylonsister]

16. Thanks for that reminder; we'd all do well to remember that either

way, this is a step in the right direction.

[The Stranger]

8. Regardless what the jury form reads, a defendant must be accorded due process of law to be guilty.

A conviction reached by depriving a defendant of Constitutional due process of law is invalid.

[AlCzervik]

17. Guilty on all 3 counts.