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5. "Fair trial"

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 05:41 PM

Feb 2016

More like "rig the system by changing the laws so I can get off"

His "unfair trial" claims have long, long since been debunked... He's getting to be as bad as Assange...

Eddie should have taken whatever plea deal was on the table...

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Snowden: Would return to US with guarantee of fair trial [View all] Zorro Feb 2016 OP

No matter how one feels about Snowden.... hlthe2b Feb 2016 #1

a fair trial? getagrip_already Feb 2016 #2

Wouldn't count on it... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #38

hmmm rtracey Feb 2016 #3

Pure grandstanding, there is no way in hell he will return and its not because cstanleytech Feb 2016 #4

"Fair trial" Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #5

Fair trial would mean whistleblower consideration newthinking Feb 2016 #16

So you are in favor of... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #39

I'm in favor of letting the courts decide Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #45

Of course he won't have a fair trial. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #6

No kidding. potone Feb 2016 #7

No, not at all. Revealing information that the government was listening in was fine cstanleytech Feb 2016 #27

Sorry. It's not 'a fig'. mpcamb Feb 2016 #35

If it was just about the wiretapping inside the US I would agree with you but he released cstanleytech Feb 2016 #41

Whiteblower??? potone Feb 2016 #36

Me typing on my nexus 7s touchscreen :P lol cstanleytech Feb 2016 #42

He will have a more fair trial than any of my clients ever had. nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #9

There are no fair trials of whistleblowers on US soil. Period. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #10

He is not a whistleblower. nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #11

He is. And a hero. nt Helen Borg Feb 2016 #12

And the Soviet Union thought the same way about their dissidents newthinking Feb 2016 #18

Yes indeed. potone Feb 2016 #37

This. newthinking Feb 2016 #17

Fair trial? no such thing. olddad56 Feb 2016 #8

Simply read the comments section here at DemocraticUnderground... Earth_First Feb 2016 #13

Earth, Snowden did himself in though because with varies interviews there is no way in hell he cstanleytech Feb 2016 #28

He won't if Hillary, Trump, Rubio, or Clinton are President Reter Feb 2016 #14

No fair trial in the US... freebrew Feb 2016 #15

As a whistleblower farleftlib Feb 2016 #19

Anyone can call themselves a whistleblower just as anyone can call themselves a journalist. randome Feb 2016 #23

True farleftlib Feb 2016 #32

Another baseball season coming...they show much baseball on the Moscow teevee? alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #20

Don't do it, Ed... americannightmare Feb 2016 #21

A fair trial is constitutionally guaranteed The Second Stone Feb 2016 #22

and impossible because of the pre trial prejudice that exist in the minds of everyone involved. olddad56 Feb 2016 #24

No, you probably could get a good unbiased jury but the main problem isnt jury selection but rather cstanleytech Feb 2016 #29

I don't believe anyone can get a trial with an unbaised jury. olddad56 Feb 2016 #31

Well its pointless to quibble over because of those interviews he did, if those didnt exist cstanleytech Feb 2016 #43

By "fair trial," Snowden means "If I was guaranteed an acquittal." alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #47

He won't find much support in the US. kstewart33 Feb 2016 #25

If I was on the jury, he'd have all the support he needed. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #26

A fire fighter who runs into a burning building to rescue a child is a hero and cstanleytech Feb 2016 #30

I'm with you farleftlib Feb 2016 #33

so I guess it would be safe to say that you have a bias against snowden olddad56 Feb 2016 #34

Don't do it Snowden former9thward Feb 2016 #40

It's a trap! OnyxCollie Feb 2016 #44

Don't do it, Edward, just stay where you are. lark Feb 2016 #46

If it is a fair trial he would be convicted of treason Sky Masterson Feb 2016 #48

Edward pinned his hopes on shysters like GG, and being estranged from his home country is his reward Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #49