--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 12/2/05 9:23:57 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > (I think you both mean *prosecution*, not "persecution." > Hopefully we all agree persecution is not a good thing.) > > The problem is that denying habaeus corpus to *suspected* > terrorists means that it's almost impossible for those > among the suspects who may not actualy be terrorists to > prove their innocence. > > Judy quite frankly I didn't know if he meant prosecuted or > persecuted so I took him for his word.
Lawson has a penchant for wordplay, so he may have meant to write "persecuted" to make a point. But of course that isn't something we want to advocate doing to anybody, now, is it? > I am unaware of any attempt to suspend Habeas Corpus. Here's a good primer: http://www.slate.com/id/2131127?nav=tap3 > However I think it is already something a judge can do if they > think the suspected person is a "flight" risk. Uh, no. A judge can refuse to grant bail, but that isn't what's involved here. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/WpTY2A/izNLAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
