Musharraf's treason trial

[Silaaj]

Re: Musharraf’s treason trial

@Shamraz_Khan

Well, I don’t want to get into nitty gritty of law, but 1) its usually the prosecutor who decides what charges a defended should face 2) you never let defendants lawyers take in charge of the trial process. In this case, its show trial, but not from prosecution’s side, but defends lawyers are the people who are doing all the roona dhona on tv.

I agree, and understand that part. My point was, that if the govt or prosecution really wants to make an example out of him, it would be better to prosecute him for something that they can get a conviction on. A treason trial will likely be filled with lots of fodder for talk shows, but no substance. It will very likely fail, as the prosecution doesnt have strong grounds for treason. A failure will result in a major setback, and any future prosecution will probably not be entertained. Even the simple point of exclusion of Oct. 1999 will be enough to bring down this case, even though the prosecution will try its best to get as much mileage out of this as possible.