Re: Musharraf’s treason trial
Your points are valid, but this is a treason trial, not a bank fraud case. A lot more factors will be involved here than are in a run-of-the-mill case. Moreover, the fact that incidents of 1999 are directly or indirectly related to 2007 will make it difficult for the prosecution to keep 1999 away from this. No judge can prevent Musharraf’s lawyers from mentioning 1999 in order to contextualize the 2007 trial. And once 1999 is mentioned, all the PCO judges get factored in as well.
Sure Musharraf will get a lot of humiliation from this, but I find a conviction very difficult.