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Re: Ross Ulbricht faces a potential life sentence starting tomorrow.
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cinnamon_carter
on 24/01/2015, 13:19:43 UTC
I find it amazing how quickly we forget in the United States people are innocent until proven guilty of any charge beyond a reasonable doubt.  Hundreds of years ago that system along with others was set up to prevent injustice by the wise men and women who suffered through those difficult times.  They left us some powerful laws to protect our liberty but few even know or care any longer......

Still that did not prevent the government from 'taking' assets and selling them off before any conviction or chance of appeal of the man facing these serious charges. What impunity the boot of the government steps into peoples lives.
Imagine he stands trial and is not guilty on every charge.  Will he get his time, health, nerves, assets and good name back with the same bravado in which they were stripped away from him ?  It would be impossible.

I never met him but to those calling for his lynching I ask have you ever met him ?

Do you have personal knowledge or evidence that justifies the crimes he is charged with and his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt ? Enough to jail him for life !!!
   
Who are the victims of these serious crimes I hear about ?

Anyone who is familiar with federal government prosecution tactics knows they have over 97% of the people plead guilty who are charged.

That means the 'authorities' in only about 3% of cases have to actally present evidence to a jury that proves anything beyond a reasonable doubt.

 
Why is that.. ... they strip people of assets, jail them, demoralize  them, put pressure on the families and do everything else in their power to strip them of the rights they have under the Constitution  of the United States ..........They file charges that are designed only to strike fear into the mind of anyone charged with a crime......

Pleading guilty gets a 5 year prison term, pleading innocent the person can face 100 years usually of trumped up charges.....

The criminal justice system in America is a large machine , a big bad business with an almost unlimited checkbook to expand operations.  It is run for profit for corporations and government agencies each with their own agendas.


I have no doubt there are few honourable men and women working for the prison/industrial/complex and partners the unlimited police departments in America trying to to what they believe is just and earn an honest living.

For the majority I guess they go along since it is a job for them and they care not for what is right or wrong.

There are probably some who actully delight in the ruin of other human lives.

Please , remember I am not taking  one side or another here in the trial of this man.

Unlike others I do not presume he did  something wrong since .....ohhhhhhh the police would  never arrest an innocent man........

ohhhhhh I saw it on tv,     ohhhhhhh i read all about it.
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A few days ago another well known man was handed a 5 year prison term for providing a link  to something on the internet.

I would urge the almost all 'male' crowd who frequent the forum to consider your own hide if you cannot find a compassionate thought for someone you never met.

Until the trends that are running out of control right now in the name of LAW AND ORDER can be reversed to the fair and great justice system they mutated out of none of us are safe and could be taken away at any time.

Just try to remember that the next time you have the urge to follow the mob psychology and voice demands to 'lock them up and throw away the key' ......   

It is not by mistake schools in America today are run like  prisons.  The young  are being conditioned.
They may haul all our asses off someday if current trends continue.