Ali, Saqib wrote: >> We already have a mechanism for this. A judge can deny bail for >> suspects of violent crimes. >> > which doesn't work all the time. > > In 2004 Duncan was arrested for sexually assaulting a boy. He was > subsequently released on a $15,000 bail with the knowledge that he had > a long history as a violent sexual predator, and was clinically > diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder in 1980, while in > prison for raping a younger boy at gunpoint. > None the less, the idea of weakening the bill of rights to either make conviction easier, or bring "closure" to victim families, is absolutely abhorrent. Unacceptable. No way. Bletch. Disgusting.
Those rights are there precisely to prevent railroading the innocent. You cannot ever weaken them, for any reason, without undermining the whole system. Pointing at "terrorists", pointing at awful child rapists & murderers, these are cheap theatrics that appeal to the emotions, but ignore the fundamental purpose of the bill of rights: to protect the innocent. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://crispincowan.com/~crispin/ Itanium. Vista. GPLv3. Complexity at work _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
