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Originally Posted by Rebellion";p="
Regarding "suspects" and "keeping them behind bars" in the same breath. If a police officer walks in and sees a man stabbing another with blood all over his hands he is by definition a suspect until convicted in court. So your assertion that all "suspects" should be let free until found guilty is not only dangerous, but not fixed in the real world where recidivism happens not only when someone finishes serving a sentence. It does not mean that everyone should be held in jail, but when a preponderance of evidence shows the person is guilty or is a high flight risk then jail is not only appropriate, but necessary.
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First of all, hard cases make bad laws. That's an old legal maxim and a very important one. The purpose of our habeas corpus laws is not to protect criminals and terrorists - it's to protect YOU and ME. Perhaps you personally think mankind has truly advanced and cannot imagine the kinds of things happening in the USA that have happened everywhere on the planet through history (and even in the USA - if you were an Indian or black, you could certainly imagine such things in the USA), but I do not. People have been trying to peel away the protections of the Bill of Rights for decades, centuries, with arguments like your's and I'm not having any of it. Perhaps you are naive and do not see how things would develop over years and decades.
Just remember that - hard cases make bad laws.
Before I proceed to my second point, I want to add something else. You are blending into your argument a case for jails. I didn't make any arguments against the existence of jails or the need to protect society against the deeds of criminals. Don't imply that I did and don't pretend that your irrelevant side point bolsters the argument that "suspects" don't deserve the entirety of due process.
My second point is that what you are arguing goes against everything the founding fathers stood for. I think that makes YOU treasonous, unAmerican, and an America-hater. Frankly, I think all right wingers are America-haters and traitors, but there you are.