enlisted guys and trigger job attys arent worried about being put on trial...as much as it pains me to say it.. if youre doing nothing wrong.. On Jul 2, 2013 1:42 AM, "Jeffrey Walton" <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:33 PM, mtm <marctmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > as a spartan of sorts, and one thats shared laphroig with both a plank > > member of the nsa and the creator of fbi's hrt, id like to say these > fellas > > are decent men and not petty. > Then they would have nothing to fear if put on trial for potential > crimes they've committed. > > (At least, that's what they tell us - if you don't do anything wrong, > then you don't have anything to worry about). > > > On Jul 2, 2013 12:55 AM, "Jeffrey Walton" <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Nico Williams <n...@cryptonector.com> > >> wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:57 PM, grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>> And when LEA > >> >>> get caught doing this nothing terribly bad happens to LEA (no > officers > >> >>> go to prison, for example). > >> >> > >> >> It is often in the interest/whim of the executive to decline to > >> >> prosecute its own, > >> >> even if only to save embarassment, so many of these cases will never > >> >> see a jury. > >> >> That's why you need citizen prosecutors who can bring cases before > both > >> >> grand > >> >> and final jury. For example, how many times have you seen a LE > vehicle > >> >> failing > >> >> to signal, speeding/reckless, with broken running lights, etc... now > >> >> try to criminally > >> >> (not administratively) prosecute that just as you might be prosecuted > >> >> for same. > >> > > >> > I'd love to see proposals for how to criminal prosecutions by the > >> > public would work. > >> Sparta, one of the first democracies, would put the public officials > >> on trial at the end of their term. It was part of the process. > >> > >> I imagine their Spartan was sufficiently different so that folks like > >> Ted Kennedy (liar, cheat, murderer) would not have been able to serve > >> the class. > >> > >> Sorry for the OT chatter. >
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