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In support of jasonwocky's comment - this is always worth a watch if you haven't seen it: http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc
by mpalmer 13y ago
In support of jasonwocky's comment - this is always worth a watch if you haven't seen it: http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc
- midas007 13y agoYup. There's a great misconception by naive people that believe candor begets innocence. Unfortunately, an adversarial legal system instead looks at volunteered information as ammunition.
- gavinpc 13y agoPlease, god, hackers, watch that video. Without saying too much here, let's just say I wish I'd seen this video in, say, 2002 (well before it was made).
- grifpete 13y agoAbsolutely right: It is witty and extremely compelling viewing. EVERY citizen should watch it.
- neltnerb 13y agoNice video. My opinion -- people who are smart often think that they know more than police. They may, possibly, but they definitely don't have the training necessary to predict how their statements (even if innocent) can be twisted to imply whatever the prosecutor wants.
- s_husso 13y agoAs an non-US citizen/resident this is pretty fasinating insight to the US justice system! One thing comes to mind though. If I'm to travel to US and enter US soil, am I covered by the Bill of Rights? Ofc I haven't had any problems while visiting US but just curious how these things pan out for non-citizen/resident.
- sounds 13y agoThe Bill of Rights ostensibly covers anyone under US jurisdiction, even a non-US citizen. (The Bill of Rights is a specific set of rights enumerated to _limit_ the government, it is _not_ an enumeration of rights granted to a person. The Declaration of Independence and US Constitution are powers extended from the people to the government at the people's pleasure.) Having said that, I said "ostensibly." I mean that US Code and jurisprudence are convoluted. Immigrants or tourists are especially at risk: deportation, or worse, a one way ticket to Guatanamo. This is absolutely in violation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but the US Government is currently trying to lie and deny and bluff its way around those founding documents. In my opinion, the attack on immigrants/tourists/foreigners (hi, NSA) is an attempt to gain prima facie precedents that will then be extended to regular citizens. Case in point: wiretaps, drones, and US citizens held indefinitely without a trial. I am a US Citizen but I defend your rights because it's only a matter of time before it will come back to me.
- lazyant 13y agodidn't Scalia say regarding torture that the man wasn't legally a "person" and no rights applied or something like that?