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The federal government is incredibly good at finding reasons to charge people. It makes me wonder exactly why it is that the government wants to keep this secre
by j_baker 13y ago
The federal government is incredibly good at finding reasons to charge people. It makes me wonder exactly why it is that the government wants to keep this secret. I'm sure they have a good (ostensible) reason to do so. But at the same time, it is also likely that the tactic is a means of trumping up charges against people.
- fredgrott 13y agoExplainLikeIamfive: 1. Fed Legal staff at court hearings cost money,overtime hours,etc, etc..purpose hear is a court trial where defendant pleads guilty. 2. If the technique is known than that has to be brought up at trial as the defendant has the right to know both the evidence and the accuser which makes for longer messier trials that cost more.
- malandrew 13y ago"has the right to know both the evidence and the accuser which makes for longer messier trials that cost more." That sounds awfully like a quaint oft-forgot notion most people know as "due process".
- marvin 13y agoWhy bother with a trial at all, right? If most people at the government agency that investigated the case figure he's guilty, just throw him straight in prison.