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Originally Posted by samcol
I think it was designed to prevent torture, coercion, or the threat of contempt of court being used to extract false confessions out of you (apparently the Military Commission Act overturned this by allowing hearsay evidence gained through torture to be used against you. Too bad he's not an enemy combatant, then we could torture the info out I guess  ). |
Couldn't those same things be used on other witnesses?
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Originally Posted by samcol
Perhaps it lets him off the hook here, but as many of the other rights allow the occasional scumbag to get off scotch free, it still saves many others from oppression.
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I think it's 'scott free', but no worries.