Virginia Prosecutors Competing for Gitmo Suspected Terrorists

Now, in addition to Michigan and Kansas, Virginia is in the running for getting some of those Guantanamo Bay detainees the government has promised to transfer by the end of this year.

The Washington Post reports that Virginia prosecutors are competing with New York prosecutors for the high-profile terror cases, such as those of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators. The newly built courthouse in Newport News, Va., is a likely site for the trials, since it was built to comply with the latest bomb-proof anti-terror standards.

Newport News would also offer the government another advantage over New York or Northern Virginia: juries are considered more conservative there, The Post reports, so it would likely be easier for federal prosecutors to win convictions.