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Simon	Feb 15 2009, 02:46 PM
The strongest among you may not wear a crown Posts: 3,318 Group: Veteran Member #885 Joined: August 19, 2006	Quote: For example, bringing a rapist to justice by murdering him or killing him is, quite ironically, unjustified in my opinion unless he may rape again. If he will not rape again (like if he lost his penis or if he was imprisoned) then there is really no point in killing him except making yourself feel good because you've convinced yourself that he is a lesser being and actually deserves to die. I doubt I could do justice to this by rewriting it in my own words. Agreed, completely, with the idea here. As citizens of the United States, we are bound to the Constitution if we expect it to protect us. One immutable right in it is the motion of a person being innocent until proven guilty. That alone makes the very idea of vigilantism committed against a person found not guilty an extreme threat to civil liberty. The issue is complicated when technical details prevent a surefire guilty verdict, but the fact remains -- the person is found innocent, and must be presumed innocent, if the Constitution is to be taken seriously. Remove that right, and you remove the validity of the Constitution.
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