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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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2. I guess it's okay to suspend due process if "most of us think so"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 06:10 PM

Oct 2018

As I understand it, our entire judicial system is designed to protect those accused.
When you are arrested, accused or standing trial, regardless of your background, you are the smallest minority. You are the individual accused.

If you don't receive a fair trial, with all of rights accorded anyone of any background or station in life, justice has not been served. The verdict is a lie.

The word verdict derives from the Latin veritas meaning truth. Only truth inspires trust and at this time, with trust in the federal executive branch at a new low, how can any erosion of the judicial process strengthen trust in the government?

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