No matter what law anyone passes the Constitution guarantees trial by jury and the only person that waive the jury is the defendant. Since they want prosecute her correctly they would have to follow the law and grant her trial jury. Fisk knows that no jury would convict her which is why he went with the tribunal But again completely against the Constitution.
Correction: New York City is under martial law, under martial law certain constitutional rights are suspended, including the right to a trial by jury. When martial law is in effect, civilians who break the law are prosecuted by a military tribunal, which operates like a combination of a bench trial (where the verdict is decided by a judge) and a military court where members of the armed forces are prosecuted during a general court martial.
Correction: New York City is under martial law, under martial law certain constitutional rights are suspended, including the right to a trial by jury. When martial law is in effect, civilians who break the law are prosecuted by a military tribunal, which operates like a combination of a bench trial (where the verdict is decided by a judge) and a military court where members of the armed forces are prosecuted during a general court martial.
Brett Mahoney mentions he is now the NYPD's Chief of Detectives. However, he is wearing the wrong style of badge. Mahoney is wearing the badge of a Detective. The Chief of Detectives wears a chief's badge, specifically a Borough Chief, which is similar to a detective's shield, only it doesn't have the square part with the badge number on the bottom, instead it has an eagle with three stars across the top.
