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To: Deep_6
Your logic there would seem to apply equally to people accused of mass murder. The government is trying to prove that they committed a crime. Should they be set free until the government proves their case?

In other words, are you suggesting that bail should always be granted?

29 posted on 01/10/2002 2:45:28 AM PST by Hugh Akston
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To: Hugh Akston
re:
".....In other words, are you suggesting that bail should always be granted?....."

I'm always amazed at the speed people jump into the fray.
Let's keep things in context, ok?

To wit:

[edited - 9th US Circuit Court finding]:

"We hold only that such an alien has a right to 
an individualized determination of a right to bail, tailored to his or her particular circumstances," 
the court wrote.

Generally, bail is denied when a defendant is considered a flight risk or a danger to society.

The case decided Wednesday was brought by Hyung Joon Kim, a U.S. resident and a citizen of Korea. When his three-year term for a California petty theft conviction expired, the government detained him while starting deportation proceedings. Kim sued, arguing the 1998 federal law denying bail hearings was unconstitutional.

 

When the crime is not determined of "moral turpitude",
deportation can be argued more securely.

In any event, our Constitution provides for due process
[and all it's legal insinuations], and it does so for all on our soil.

We either dispense our Constitutional rights selectively,
disregarding our founder's intent, or support it in it's full.

I do not believe we should tear our Nation's basic fibers
apart out of prejudiced fear.

Thanks

 

31 posted on 01/10/2002 6:57:53 AM PST by Deep_6
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