To: cycle of discernment
In democracies with functioning legal systems, it is assumed that people against whom there is a "lack of evidence" are innocent. They walk free. In countries where the rule of law prevails, in places blessedly free of fearful leaders whose only concern is staying in power, "tainted evidence" is no evidence at all. If you can't prove that a defendant committed a crime--an actual crime, not a thoughtcrime--in a fair trial, you release him and apologize to the judge and jury for wasting their time. We have officially - officially - entered the Twilight Zone at the moment hell has frozen over, because the absolutely impossible has happened: I found something that that utter POS Ted Rall said that I agree with. Good Lord!
11 posted on
05/29/2009 10:23:30 AM PDT by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Talisker; All
For the record, if Bush was proposing this, I would have been against it.
17 posted on
05/29/2009 10:24:51 AM PDT by
KevinDavis
(http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/)
To: Talisker
Obama: the great unifier...
To: Talisker
A pig just flew by my window.
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