I am doing a little research on a case I have and googled "real estate developer fraud." Check out the resulting IRS case reviews on just how seriously their enforcement efforts have been. Certainly a good reminder that real estate fraud by developers can cause some serious time in prison. No time to really write much about this, but just time enough to remember that the IRS plays for keeps.
Here's how the New York Times announced it:
"Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, a federal law enforcement official said early on Friday."
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And of course the talking heads will be weighing in on how this course of action will impact on other Gitmo detainees. Four others are reportedly also headed to NY to face trial, but some of those prosecutions may still occur before military commissions. The biggest concern for prosecutors has reportedly been the fact that KSM has been water-boarded some 170 times. Evidence (confessions) that is the result of torture is generally not admitted in criminal trials, and any defense lawyer tasked with defending the man accused of killing 3000 people will have to make the government meet its burdens under the Constitution. Still, a show trial in NY seems right to me. The towers came down in NY. New Yorkers lived with the terror. Ground Zero remains a work in progress. The federal courts there are used to handling big cases and providing great security. And this is a country dedicated to the proposition that we try these cases in public, before the people of this country. And did I mention the 3000 or so who died that day in NY? Their children, spouses and families deserve the chance to see the system at work. That won't make the case easy for the United States - quite the contrary. That collision of personal rights and public anger will lead to hours of interesting "education" for Americans and others as they watch the court system in action.
A 16 year-old Boise boy will face a criminal charge of vehicular manslaughter for his actions that are alleged to have caused the death of Kevin Pavlis. Kevin worked at Idaho Mountain Touring and was well known in the bicycle community. His death - just a day before Boise's Ironman 70.3 race - left his young wife and child without a husband and father. The sadness at his loss affected those who knew Kevin and many who did not. And the tragedy started a dialog about providing safe passage in Boise for bicyclists.
The criminal courts may not be the best place to handle cases like this, but this young man will have his fate decided in Juvenile court. He should not and will not be treated like an adult. Kevin is gone, and nothing done in Juvenile Court will bring him back. Likely nothing about the criminal case will make Kevin's family feel better either. Maybe though, some other 16 year-old kid will look a little closer before making that turn, and save a life.
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