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Irish_Dem

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2. I totally agree. Giving people due process has turned into letting certain people commit crimes with impunity.

Reply to jaxexpat (Original post)

Thu Jan 11, 2024, 09:13 AM

Jan 2024

If you are rich and powerful, you can buy attorneys who will manipulate, misuse, and distort the system
in order to obtain a get out of jail free card.

This is way more than due process. This is criminal in its own right.

It is a disgrace. And making the US criminal justice system look like a joke.

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