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To: Ol' Sparky
The constitution only allowed three crimes to be prosecute at the Federal level -- counterfeiting, treason, and piracy. Does anyone in their right mind really think in today's world that that those are the only three crimes the Federal government should be prosecuting?

That's all *I* can think of. What else did you have in mind? The country and world changed and many crimes involve international criminals and multiple states.

That's what extradition is for. Whatever crime occurs, it occurs in one place. That's the appropriate place for the trial...unless no unbiased jury can be found at that place.

Wrapping one's self up in the constitution is simply a smoke screen to achieve your goals of being able to smoke weed without getting busted.

Complete BS. I've come to expect this from conservatives. Just like liberals! I don't smoke...anything...and have never been "high" on any substance (unless chocolate qualifies).

559 posted on 05/20/2002 9:48:21 AM PDT by Mark Bahner
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To: Mark Bahner
Brilliant. Where ever the crime occurs is where the trial should take place? So, we should prosecute Al-Quada and Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan? Silly.

The whole idea of 50 state implementing their own laws on criminal justice is silly. We should have the same laws throughout the nation with the same punishments. All this does is create layers and layers of big government at the judicial level with multiple courts and judges giving their own interpretation of the law. Justice is dependent on finding a conservative group of judges and hoping a liberal-dominanted court doesn't overturn the proper ruling.

The states implementing their own laws on criminal justice -- arguably a legitimate idea in the horse and wagon days of the lat 1700s -- is absurd in a smaller of planes, trains and automobiles. There is an absolute need for a Federal judcial system. In fact, that's the only system we need.

562 posted on 05/20/2002 10:15:52 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
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