this is a quick description, I have not read the entire thing  <A href="http://www.spectacle.org/496/baer.html">http://www.spectacle.org/496/baer.html</A>   Justin Schwartz <jkschw@hotmail.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> > > Justin, >Were you there during the uproar over Judge Baer's decision a few years >back? If so, what di the judge's think of the decision and the public >flogging he took (I think Lott led the charge)? > Justin Schwartz <JKSCHW@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote: Remind me. jks > > > > > >How many cases are there really of serious criminals being released on > >technicalities? > >You mean because of constitutional violations? In the federal courts, as >near to none as you like. I read one Seventh Circuit case a few years back >that quashed an indictment of a real bad guy because of of 4A violation. >It;s the only one like that I know of. But basically the rule is, if he's >guilty, we'll find a way to keep him in jail. And we are a >defendant-friendly chambers, judge and law! c! lerks all! > >And, analagously, how many "ticking bomb" cases > >are there of the sort used to justify torture? > >I've never heard a real life one. > >Both sounds like > >instances of pseudo-plausible but extreme examples used to justify the > >erosion of normal rights. > > > >Doug > >Yes indeed. > >jks > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Do You Yahoo!? <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/welcome/*http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/en/spl">Sign-up for Video Highlights</a> of 2002 FIFA World Cup