[lbo-talk] Charges? We Don't Need No Stinking Charges

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sat Sep 10 23:03:05 PDT 2005


W. Kiernan wrote:


> Jordan Hayes wrote:
> >
> > So you're saying that you can't imagine a case where this
> > would be true?
>
> That's exactly what I'm saying. If he hasn't done anything, if he
> hasn't even talked about doing anything, then it's not just that I
> believe the U.S. shouldn't imprison him on some kind of moral or
> legalistic grounds, but it doesn't _make any sense_ to imprison him!

Well, it depends. It used to be that you were innocent until proven guilty. I guess now you're guilty until proven innocent. And even in the latter case, a charge would have to be made.

Neat trick, huh?

Joanna



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