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Originally Posted by dogzilla
Really? So, say I walk up to a news reporter who is in the middle of a live newscast and blow his brains out on national TV, then I'm not guilty until I go thru a court trial? The evidence speaks for itself. Same as for KSM who claims to have masterminded 9/11 or the shoe bomber who was caught red handed by several people on the flight he was trying to blow up.
And yeah, in cases like KSM or the shoe bomber, I am serious about the pointlessness of a trial. There's no doubt the guy did it. Why pretend otherwise?
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because if you allow exceptions for one case, you open the door for any others that the government (or apathetic people) wish to pursue. pretty soon, you may end up with no trials at all, just summary executions a la judge dredd.
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