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| Simon | Feb 15 2009, 02:46 PM |
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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. |
Previously: Ron DeLite, Simon
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