> From: Gary Denton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Being stupid doesn't get a criminal out of being prosecuted for his > > crimes, why should it in this case? It's intent that counts, isn't > > it? > > > I forget if it was Wolfowitz or Perle who thought he shouldn't be > prosecuted because Padilla wasn't playing with a full deck of cards. > Not that I would trust anything they say. The real argument in this > case is what the Supreme Court is deciding, should he have been thrown > in jail for years without charges, without contact with his family, > and without a lawyer? I agree with that but it is a completely different issue. If someone was planning on blowing up the Lincoln Memorial with a pack of playing cards they would still be liable to be prosecuted with that even if it is completely impossible, right? - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
