The rights of the accused are enshrined in our constitution and the bill of rights. Our constitution is being torn to shreds and we have little left of what our founding fathers (and mothers) wanted to have. To tear away the presumption of innocence, an open trial with a jury of your peers, the right to bail, etc., would be a horrible thing to do. If the trial is fair, and if all the evidence is properly presented, the guilty defendant in all likelihood will be found guilty, and should be sentenced appropriately. The tools we need to convict and punish the guilty, while protecting the innocent are all enshrined in law. All we need is to use those tools as they should be used.
Imagine POTUS Trump receiving a “fair” trial in Washington D.C.
Heck, imagine a typical FReeper receiving a “fair” Trial in Washington D.C.
Strong support for the Constitution really isn’t an issue here. Lawyers aren’t even studying that anymore. The emphasis is on case law and winning at any price. They have created rights that were never intended by the Founders, hence the perps have more than the rest of us. It’s a game now. And the “activists”, well paid by those who HATE everything we are, work through these little , under-educated idiots to make us ALL unsafe.
Unfortunately, those tools have been bastardized by “precedent”. You have to admire the genius of it, AND the patience of those who knew any attempt to undo the Constitution would lead to another Civil War. What the Founders envisioned was beautiful. What those who have come after have done to it is demonic.
“If the trial is fair, and if all the evidence is properly presented...”
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