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To: RushCrush
Privacy in a jail cell?

Sorry but if my dollars are being spent holding an accused criminal in jail, they get no privacy.

accused is the keyword here. If Convicted was the word used, I agree... Some day I may be accused of something wrongly and would take much offense to your mindset...

9 posted on 03/14/2005 8:59:27 AM PST by smith288 (The GOP, Ditech of politics... "lost another one to GOP" - Howard dean)
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To: smith288

So then the "accused" should not undergo body cavity checks in your world?


10 posted on 03/14/2005 9:00:07 AM PST by RushCrush (I like America to some extent. -Michael Moore)
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To: smith288
"...accused is the keyword here


I will give you the benifit of the doubt that you typed this before you fully thought out what it is you are saying.

If man is being brought into the court house in a prison uniform and is handcuffed and is guarded by armed guards, the presumption is already there that he is potentially dangerous. How is taking away this clock of privacy (except for attorney client privilage) is any worse then the previous mentioned conditions?

The assumption of innocent until proven guilty is one thing, this has to do with any punishment the state may apply to an individual.

The presumption someone is harmless is another thing, especially when the facts indicate the prisoner isn't harmless.

Maintaining security and control of a prisoner is not "punishment" for a crime.

93 posted on 03/14/2005 10:24:14 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN
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To: smith288

"Some day I may be accused of something wrongly and would take much offense to your mindset..."

Not me...accused is sufficient in my book.


197 posted on 03/14/2005 4:44:37 PM PST by JSloth
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