From: unsettled on
T Wake wrote:


>>These people take years to plan their attacks. And you think 30 days
>>is too long?!

> Yes. You dont know what you are talking about here, you just felt the need
> to throw in a soundbite.

> How long do *you* think a suspected criminal should be detained before he or
> she is charged with a crime?

Arrest is under probable cause, not merely suspicion.

>>They don't care about jail.

> Incorrect.

How do you know?

>>Most see it as a recruitment opportunity.

> False assumption.

How do you know?

>>You keep assuming that these people are deterred by Western
>>civilization laws and the punishments associated with breaking
>>them. You have an invalid assumption.

> Nonsense.

I have to ask this. Are you by any chance a Muslim?



From: unsettled on
Ken Smith wrote:

> In article <ep7p0e$8qk_003(a)s899.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
> [.....]
>
>>They don't care about jail.
>
>
> Yes they do. They don't want to die of old age in prison.

There's more than one path to martyrdom.



From: Phil Carmody on
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
> T Wake wrote:
>
> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > Especially if the action that criminal is planning will result
> > > in killing thousands and shutting down your metro system.
> > > Or something else just as deadly.
> >
> > You conflate justice with revenge.
>
> This seems to be a very American trait.

According to soundbites from Inigo Montoya Bush, it's not just
a trait, it's policy.

Phil
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From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > The Demon Prince of Absurdity wrote:
> >> T Wake did the cha-cha, and screamed:
> >> >
> >> > You claim the courts can not be used because judges may have an agenda,
> >> > but secretive military systems are ok because there is no chance they
> >> > will.....
> >> >
> >> > Can you see how crackpot this is?
> >>
> >> Why, what's so crackpot about complaining about judges with hidden
> >> agendas and demanding that military judges who are accountable to no one
> >> outside the military try accused terrorists in secret? Apart from
> >> apparently wanting to make it easier for conspiracies to form and
> >> operate, that is.
> >
> > No such problems exist in the UK.
> >
> > You'd better put your own house in order I reckon.
>
> I suspect you have missed the element of sarcasm which runs through the
> post.

I've obviously spent too long talking to BAH !

Graham


From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> Ken Smith wrote:
> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > I said:
> >>>In the UK you can't buy yourself out of jail by posting a bail bond. It's
> >>down to the police themselves in simple cases and a judge in more serious
> cases
> >> whether bail will be offered.
> >>
> >>What if your judge has your opinion that there isn't any serious
> >>threats by these terrorists?
> >
> > In that case, chances are he is right. In England, however, the person is
> > still likely to be remanded (held) pending the trial. The trial will
> > happen soon there after. Bail is less frequent in the UK than in the US.
> > On a serious charge, the judge is not as likely to offer it.
> >
> >>>Terrorists would clearly be held ( and are so in fact ) on remand pending
> >>their trial.
> >>
> >>But only if your police can gather enough evidence to prove there
> >>is a likelihood of guilt. I think London escaped a mess by the
> >>skin of their teeth.
> >
> > If the police don't have enough evidence, the person is not very likely to
> > be in front of the judge in the first place. The police don't go around
> > arresting people at random.
>
> Read about probable cause. The threshold to arrest is
> less than the threshold to indict is less than the
> threshold to convict.

No such thing as 'probable cause' in the UK. When someone's charged with an
offence they expect to be able to convict btw.

Graham