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In reply to the discussion: Just a Garland reminder [View all]Beastly Boy
(9,283 posts)intentional or uninformed, to due process of law. Time and again, I am being asked whether I think so-and-so is guilty. This is supposed to be the mortal blow to all of my arguments about letting due process take its course or deferring to professional prosecutors to administer justice without ignorantly second-guessing them every step of the way.
One big problem, though: even if my answer is "yes" (and it usually is) in bold typeface and in all caps followed by a dozen exclamation marks, rule of law doesn't give a flying fuck about what I think, or the bold typeface or the number of exclamation marks. If it did, every prosecution would end up with the loudest voice in possession of the most exclamation marks winning all the cases, every time. If it did, the criminals would have won and America would have lost.