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This seems really insane to me. He was convicted of financial fraud. Then afterwards he made a post on twitter, and now prosecutors can have him jailed for it a
by vilhelm_s 9y ago
This seems really insane to me. He was convicted of financial fraud. Then afterwards he made a post on twitter, and now prosecutors can have him jailed for it and even forfeit millions of dollars in assets?
Even if you think the tweet about Hillary Clinton's hair was illegal harassment or instigation or whatever, surely the state should be required to prove that! Apparently if you have been convicted of some (completely unrelated) crime, you lose all due process rights and in the future the state can punish you arbitrarily much with no trial at all.
- ryacko 9y agoI think the state did prove it. For certain cases, you don't have a right to trial by jury, such as bail revocation. And often it is decided on a preponderance of the evidence standard. I don't know the specifics of bail revocation case law, but there are worse known cases, like contempt of court. Martin Armstrong was held for years, the All Writs act is being use as an anti-encryption measure, etc.