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treestar

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21. In a police state, you have no right to trial by jury
Sun Mar 22, 2015, 08:28 PM
Mar 2015

no right to counsel, no right to confront witnesses, no right to appeal a trial court's rulings.

POC can challenge racism - see the Baton v. Kentucky case. Not perfect, but there's no one who can't have a trial. No rules like women's testimony only counts half of a man's, etc.

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"...a fawning groupie..." Sounds like a lot of DUers, unfortunately. randome Mar 2015 #1
Oh there are a lot of fawning groupies on DU.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5
Da fuq? OilemFirchen Mar 2015 #7
Evidently I lack the fawning groupie gene Fumesucker Mar 2015 #10
I must say it has effected my opinion about the Guardian. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #2
"Guardian tradition provides for a direct vote by the staff for a new editor — a vote MADem Mar 2015 #3
Questioning Snowden's retreat to Russia and his protection by Vladimir Putin was internally verboten Cha Mar 2015 #4
Yeah.....no shit. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #6
St Snowden the Martyr on Russia.. USA-BAD/Russia-Good.. Bullshite Cha Mar 2015 #11
Yep. joshcryer Mar 2015 #9
I laugh at the GAS bunch that targets those who don't agree with them. Cha Mar 2015 #12
Does this mean we get the old Guardian back? OilemFirchen Mar 2015 #8
Very enlightening... Spazito Mar 2015 #13
Bottom line: I'm glad the Guardian published what it did. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #14
security concern trolls are so angry that Snowden violated a major rule... whereisjustice Mar 2015 #15
''Nothing says 'representative Democracy' like dragnet citizen surveillance.'' Octafish Mar 2015 #16
Police state, right treestar Mar 2015 #19
Rich white males would agree with you. For everyone else... whereisjustice Mar 2015 #20
In a police state, you have no right to trial by jury treestar Mar 2015 #21
I would say the rich white male has all those resources at his disposal. Everyone else? Not so much. whereisjustice Mar 2015 #22
Baloney the law applies treestar Mar 2015 #23
the law applies only if it is accessible to everyone - the raw data says it isn't. Do you suggest whereisjustice Mar 2015 #24
Oh, the USA Today doesn't like The Guardian hootinholler Mar 2015 #17
Sunday kick Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #18
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