Posted by Snoozin on June 30, 2004, at 11:55:55
In reply to More good news!, posted by Cass on June 30, 2004, at 11:48:07
Yup, as an attorney, I totally agree.
When I was in my teens, the South African government held Stephen Biko, a PACIFIST black rights leader, in prison under that country's law called the *terrorist act* And the country held many others without the right to trial/representation/etc.
The government did not have to give a prisoner a judicial hearing to hear what charges he faced; he did not have a right to legal counsel; and the government could and did hold them indefinitely.
Seems like that's what we've been doing, too. As a *civilized* nation, I really hope we stop.
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