{"id":1294,"date":"2002-01-31T06:53:29","date_gmt":"2002-01-31T11:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2002-01-31T06:53:29","modified_gmt":"2002-01-31T11:53:29","slug":"beat_him_with_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/31\/beat_him_with_a.html","title":{"rendered":"Beat him with a poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent Gallup\/USA Today poll<\/a> indicates a lot of animus toward John Walker Lindh.<\/p>\n

While 60% disagree with the DoJ decision not to charge him with treason (thus indicating a lack of understanding of the law), what I found most interesting was the breakdown in demographics.<\/p>\n

Of those over 50, 52% thought treason charges should be filed. In contrast, in the 18-to-29 cohort — where Lindh falls — 70% thought he should be charged with treason.<\/p>\n

It seems the “youthful mistakes” excuse is playing more strongly for the old than the young. (Though that 50+ cohort would have been teens in the late 60s, perhaps giving them a bit more sympathy for young folks adopting radical and sometimes stupid positions.)<\/p>\n

Also interesting — women favored the treason charge more than the men; only 28% agreed with the DoJ’s charges, vs. 38% of men.<\/p>\n

Legal analysts say the results provide a glimpse of the peril Lindh could face if he opts to go to trial before a jury of his peers.
\n”If I were the defense attorney, I would be reading these results and weeping,” says Michael Noone, a Catholic University law professor. ”This shows that there is a real incentive on the defense’s part to either go to trial before a judge alone, or to negotiate a plea.”<\/p>\n

(Via OpinionJournal<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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