On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM, JC Helary <brandelune at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 1 oct. 2009, at 08:52, John Thornton wrote:
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> I expect everyone who defends Polanski on these grounds is OK with EVERY
>> poor person and person of color simply walking out of court tomorrow and
>> from here on claiming they cannot get a fair trial and we should just let
>> their case drop.
>> On the same grounds we'll have to release every poor person and person of
>> color currently incarcerated.
>>
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> Considering the incarceration rate in the US, it's very likely that you'd
> release a whole bunch of innocent people, or at least people who did not get
> a fair sentence. So yes, I support that idea 100%.
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary
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