hard cases

A.J. Peticolas petico at io.com
Fri Jun 14 14:19:34 PDT 2002



> How many cases are there really of serious criminals being released
> on technicalities? And, analagously, how many "ticking bomb" cases
> are there of the sort used to justify torture? Both sounds like
> instances of pseudo-plausible but extreme examples used to justify
> the erosion of normal rights.
Hence the old (and very very true) maxim: Hard cases make bad laws.

Regards,

Anne Peticolas

Austin, Texas



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