Trump's twitter will probably save terrorist life

DONALD Trump loves to talk tough but his comments may actually result in more lenient treatment for those he is criticising.


The US President’s harsh public statements about alleged criminals, including the man charged in the New York truck rampage this week, could see them walk away with lighter sentences.

Overnight Mr Trump tweeted that Sayfullo Saipov, 29, should be sent to Guantánamo Bay detention camp and get the death penalty.

“NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!” Mr Trump wrote.

He repeated the comments hours later, tweeting again “DEATH PENALTY!”

The comments have already been seized on by Saipov’s attorneys as evidence of bias.

In fact some legal experts have suggested the tweets could guarantee Saipov won’t get the death penalty.

This is because Mr Trump’s comments may be used to argue that Saipov won’t get a fair trial because the President has already suggested he is guilty and deserves to be put to death.

This argument is currently being tested during the military trial of Seargeant Bowe Bergdahl, who faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to desertion and misbehaviour for walking off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009.


Mr Trump was also very critical of Bergdahl, repeatedly calling him a “dirty, rotten traitor” who deserved to be executed by firing squad or thrown out of a plane without a parachute.

During a rally while campaigning for president, Mr Trump even mimicked the sound of a rifle shot saying “bing, bong!” while pretending to fire a gun at Bergdahl.

These statements will now be considered by the judge sentencing the 31-year-old soldier and may result in a lighter punishment.

The judge did not allow the case to be dismissed or for the sentence to be capped because of the President’s comments, as he said he had not been influenced by Mr Trump’s comments and he didn’t think public confidence in the military justice system had been undermined.

But the comments will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

“I will consider the president’s comments as mitigation evidence as I arrive at an appropriate sentence,” the judge, Colonel Jeffery R. Nance of the Army, reportedly said during the hearing last month at Fort Bragg.

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Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:The terrorist will die in jail so either way his life is over .

veya_victaous wrote:Why does trump keep tweeting to save terrorists lives ?

New York Times wrote:Ironically, Mr. Trump’s comments may have contributed to the decision not to sentence [Bergdahl] to prison. After Mr. Trump seemed last month to endorse his harsh criticism from the campaign trail, Colonel Nance ruled that he would consider the comments as mitigating evidence at sentencing.

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Donnie the Dumpster has already earned for himself the reputation of being the thickest dolt of a Prez since Gerald Ford ......