>At 01:13 PM 2/15/00 -0500, Chuck0 wrote:
>>Amazing! What a wonderful justification for cops! Cops are OK if only
>>they stuck to arresting rich people.
>>
>>I say abolish the cops and prisons. Support the Anarchist Black Cross.
>
>And then what? Let Bubbas with shotguns deliver vigilante "justice?" How
>is your no-law-enforcement society diffrent from lynching mobs?
Well, it's just one of those "technicalities" that you say the working class don't give a damn about....
Yoshie
>Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 13:14:09 -0500
>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Death Penalty, the Labor Party,
> & Political Responsibility(wasRe: Break...
>
>At 12:36 PM 2/9/00 -0500, jks wrote:
>>>but the real issue here is a legal technicality a.k.a "fair
>> trial"
>>
>>Spare me the right wing bullshit. The due process clause of the Fourteenth
>Amendment is not a "legal technicality" but a priceless victory. The notion
>that the accused is entitled to a fair trial should not be
>
>It may be a priceless victory for legal scholars and trail lawyers, but it
>is a technicality for most ordinary people not versed in legal nuances.
>Most ordinary people want "justice" - meaning punishment of those who by
>common understanding violated the law or social norms, and NOT letting
>those who "did it" walk on procedural technicalities a.k.a "due process."
>
>wojtek