well, here is what the judge had to say: I am truly sorry that I was led by our Executive Branch of government to order your detention last December. Dr. Lee, I tell you with great sadness that I feel I was led astray last December by the Executive Branch of our government through its Department of Justice, by its Federal Bureau of Investigation and by its United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, who held the office at that time.
I am sad for you and your family because of the way in which you were kept in custody while you were presumed under the law to be innocent of the charges the Executive Branch brought against you. I am sad that I was induced in December to order your detention, since by the terms of the plea agreement that frees you today without conditions, it becomes clear that the Executive Branch now concedes, or should concede, that it was not necessary to confine you last December or at any time before your trial. Dana On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:03:59 -0400, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is the US legal system. Some crimes warrant being held without bail. > Murder, Espionage, Rape and other serious crimes must be taken seriously, > a > REAL Chinese spy under house arrest would be a major flight risk. > > If the government thought I was a spy, and I was arrested, I could accept > being held without bail pending my trial. Because I understand the > system, I > understand that it is there for the protection of society, and that > people > where the evidence and charges warrant, should be held without bail until > the end of the trial. > > I would be upset, however that is our system, and it seems to work, > slowly, > but it does work. > > What if they took it to trial immediately before they had the > information, > and the guy was convicted? Then what do you do? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:32 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: A good american >> >> Why did it take so long? >> Couldn't he have been placed under house arrest and monitored? >> >> He was SUSPECTED of a crime...he was therefore NOT a criminal until >> proven to be such. >> Yet he was treated as a criminal. >> >> What if today or tomorrow the US Government thinks YOU are a spy, and >> decide to capture and hold you for 6 months...and afterward they >> 'release' you with a 'Oops..sorry. You were right. You're not a spy'. >> >> -Gel >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> There is a difference between a peace time spy, and a war time traitor. >> A peace time spy operating in the US is governed by the federal court >> system. >> >> This man was accused of being a spy, a more thorough investigation >> proved this to be incorrect. So what do you do? If there is cause you >> have to arrest him. What if he was a spy, that potential served as a >> possible risk to the nation. >> >> We can't let him continue doing his job, if we think he is spying, we >> can't let him run free, so we arrest him, on legitimate charges, and >> hold an investigation, which showed he was just doing what everybody >> else was doing. >> >> That is the peace time legal system of this country. >> >> The legal system in this country while it assumes innocence, the courts >> still have a responsibility to ensure the person accused does not >> attempt flight, or potentially continuing to break the law while out on >> bond. The person was held without bail, pending the investigation and >> trial. >> >> There are plenty of people who are held without bail pending trial, >> sometimes this takes up to a year or longer. That is our legal system. >> If people would stop suing McDonalds because they spilled their coffee, >> maybe we wouldn't need so many civil court justices, and they could be >> prosecuting criminals. >> >> The wheels of justice turn slowly, but it seems that more often than >> not, when they stop turning, the innocent go free, and the guilty go to >> jail. >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
