Reply #68: I have been. Have you? [View All]

[Devils Advocate NZ]

I have been reading the transcripts of the Milosevic trial, where I have found that at least one witness has admitted being coerced to falsely accuse Milsoevic, and the judge ruled that this was irrelevant to the case.

I have seen another witness break down and exclaim that the "psychological processing" the prosecution was putting him through was going to drive him "crazy", and that he refused to say the things the prosecution wanted him to say. I saw the judge at that time breach the rules of the court by allowing the prosecution to "speak" to the witness during a recess in order to gain his compliance, even though all witnesses are admonished against speaking to anyone about the trial, including prosecutors, during recesses while they are giving testimony.

I saw that same man come back to the stand, and upon refusing once again to say what the prosecution wanted him to say, be charged with contempt of court. Never once was Milosevic allowed to cross examine the witness in order to ascertain if this witness was also being coerced into giving false testimony.

I have seen a witness claim to be able to hear a cellphone conversation from ten metres away, yet not be heard moving around in the attic in which he was hiding as he went from window to window in an attempt to see what he alledged was a mass murder. He also claimed to be able to see an area not even visible from the attic. During this entire time, Serb soldiers were supposedly mere feet away occupying the house in which he was hidden.

I have seen another witness admit to being a KLA member, in other words a terrorist, and claim that he witnessed a massacre that it was shown to be impossible for him to have witnessed during cross examination. When confronted with this, he went off into a KLA propaganda rant, sounding like a madman.

I have seen numerous occasions when Milosevic had managed to show a witness was lying, only to be cut off and have any further cross examination prevented.

The entire ICTY is biased beyond repair, and thus I do not believe ANY convictions it has passed down, even though I have no doubt that at least some of the people accused of crimes did in fact commit crimes.

The court is tainted, and as such, so is every decision it makes, including correct ones. The ends (justice) do not justify the means (injustice) and thus the entire court needs to be disbanded, all of its decisions vacated, and a new UNBIASED court created to hear these cases again.

But of course YOU know what happened and is happening because you read the Washington Post, right?