Straw man! hacker News' favorite expression! > The fact of the matter is you can't be imprisoned in the US for a crime you haven't committed or at least that j

Straw man! hacker News' favorite expression! > The fact of the matter is you can't be imprisoned in the US for a crime you haven't committed or at least that judge and jury haven't deliberated on. The fact of the matter is that people have been sent to prisons in the oh-so-righteous America without a single court hearing. Also, haven't you ever heard of Guantanamo? You know, that magical place where the US government sends people for decades and submits them to "rectal feeding" while they're there? Straw man!!! [0] http://theweek.com/speedreads/560204/half-million-americans-are-jail-right-now-without-trial http://theweek.com/speedreads/560204/half-million-americans-... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-held-at-rikers-island-for-3-years-without-trial-commits-suicide.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-he... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3e6m7z/eli5how_can_someone_be_sent_to_prison_without_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3e6m7z/e... [3] https://www.aclu.org/news/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law https://www.aclu.org/news/president-obama-signs-indefinite-d... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_of_Daniel_Chong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_of_Daniel_Chong