Osama Awadallah, Possible Accomplice to 9/11 Terrorists, May Go Free on Monday

Osama Awadallah, a student at a San Diego college, has been under investigation since just after the 9/11 attacks for his possible role in the attacks. Allegedly, his name and phone number were found in one of the terrorist's vehicles after the attack, he lived in the same building as one of the terrorists, he was a known associate of two of the terrorists, and he also was identified as being with the terrorists on September 10th, 2001--at that time, he was allegedly heard to say “'it is finally going to happen' as the others celebrated by giving each other high fives.”

Once again, it appears that the justice system, in its misguided attempts to bend over backwards to appear "fair" to the people who killed thousands on September 11, 2001, is going to participate in a miscarriage of justice by allowing Osama Awadallah to walk. Judge Shira Scheindlin has scheduled a special hearing for Monday to decide whether the charges against Osama should be dismissed...why? Because he was handcuffed during the grand jury proceedings.

Handcuffing suspected criminals, in other words, is now too prejudicial to their "civil rights." Perhaps we could have District Attorneys braid daisy chains for their hair, instead.