Dec 16, 2012
edie murphy beverly hills have eyes cleary commented on
I Am Adam Lanza's Mother.
this country isn't serious about gun control, and how often ive seen this article posted around the internet confirms that for me. on and on it goes, any problem but the real one. stupid and completely solvable, but no one is serious about doing it.
Dec 8, 2012
edie murphy beverly hills have eyes cleary commented on
How to Write a Letter of Support to Bradley Manning.
@39, oops the 2:16 post was intended for Spindles. You were just easily recalled because you like to invent constitutional rights. Or whatever will help you make your argument.
And I never said anything about treason being EXEMPT from DP, I said courts use a balancing test to determine what process you get and when you get it. Hope you didn't spend too much time researching your moot point/getting emotional.
Dec 8, 2012
edie murphy beverly hills have eyes cleary commented on
How to Write a Letter of Support to Bradley Manning.
"No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."
1. Not sure I see anything in there about a right to have a formal trial-like hearing, like @9 assumes. So, nothing says you get counsel, or can confront witnesses against you, or admit evidence in your defense. Also, procedural due process, which is what you are complaining about, is usually based on balancing the interests of the plaintiff against the interests of the gov (I'm not being exact here) and the gov gets away with a lot more when national security interests are at risk. So, not talking about torture, but the procedural stuff is probably constitutional. Ethical, no. But that's not new.
2. There's a difference between whistleblowing and giving classified documents away. If this had been the former he might have been able to claim some protection. I think this is probably a good kid with a good heart who didn't make the best decision. I think the law will be applied in a non-biased manner and reach a lamentable, heartbreaking result. I hope some great lawyers out there are working on this. He doesn't deserve what he's going through, and I hope he keeps his head up. He's not a bad person, he just repeated 'candyman' three times.
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