Gail Davis expands on our comment about Ashcroft's choice of Virginia as the venue for the first trial of the accused snipers, "This is not how the American justice system is supposed to work":

"Yes it is. This is the Bush and Ashcroft version of justice. They decide guilt and punishment. They use psychological torture. Constitutional protections are just an inconvenience to be gotten around. "

"The Supreme Court may have put Bush in office, but the 2002 election results will have convinced Bush et al that their view of the world has been unanimously confirmed. "

"This is it, ladies and gentlemen. Hope you like what you have wrought. Hope you are right in your faith that you would never be picked out by the police as a suspect for something you didn't do. Interminable interrogations. Light burning 24 hours in your little cell. Judges who delay you access to a lawyer. Enjoy!"