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"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged", Cardinal Richleu. 'Nothing to h
by deepnet 10y ago
"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged", Cardinal Richleu.
'Nothing to hide' privacy naysayers imagine innocence a perfect defense.
In practice a prosecution presents select facts in the order best suited to convict.
Under mass surveillance they have all the facts; the defense only has what one still possesses/ remembers.
With such resources, enough well cast aspersions could convict anyone of something.
Counter intuitively innocence can be harder to defend as the guilty will have prepared alabis. (part2 @)
Lawyers advise their clients not to talk freely to police for very good reason.@
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
- joering2 10y agoSpot on! But don't forget SCOTUS Scalia saying that basically if you are later on found not guilty, but the trail on its own was done properly with no misconduct, you will still get the death penalty! http://www.businessinsider.com/antonin-scalia-says-executing-the-innocent-is-constitutional-2014-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/antonin-scalia-says-executing... What a country! :)