tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post1784054022670873097..comments2023-07-18T04:52:07.493-07:00Comments on It Takes Wisdom To Know The Difference: AmenMama Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-79759629452690259502013-04-22T14:42:16.977-07:002013-04-22T14:42:16.977-07:00Thought of you when I saw this today:
"The s...Thought of you when I saw this today:<br /><br />"The surviving suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, "will not be treated as an enemy combatant" but rather will be prosecuted "through our civilian system of justice," White House spokesman Jay Carney said today. "Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot be tried in military commissions," he said.<br /><br />I have to admit that it made me feel better too. Aboveboard beats concealed.Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-67280325669559103562013-04-22T08:58:03.045-07:002013-04-22T08:58:03.045-07:00I don't know - I haven't followed it - jus...I don't know - I haven't followed it - just know what you did about their plan to.<br /><br />The public safety exception is really for like "you have kidnapped a man and put him in a bunker with limited oxygen and we need to know where he is or he will be dead in 7 minutes." That kind of thing. Imminent and very serious harm. They say it's because there could still be bombs three days later, but that's too far of a stretch. NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-56268112832202678172013-04-21T14:32:19.930-07:002013-04-21T14:32:19.930-07:00Correct me if I'm wrong: they didn't quest...Correct me if I'm wrong: they didn't question him at all, right? With or without Mirandizing? I thought I read that he was too badly injured for that (and incapable of speech) and was taken directly for medical care. Perhaps they thought there were further bombs/devices/booby traps/cell members still to be found and therefore posing a public safety risk?Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-35936528506483508512013-04-21T12:46:19.536-07:002013-04-21T12:46:19.536-07:00This says it pretty well: http://www.slate.com/art...This says it pretty well: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/04/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_and_miranda_rights_the_public_safety_exception_and_terrorism.html?wpisrc=most_viral. <br /><br />NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-82310833507678161422013-04-21T12:40:18.229-07:002013-04-21T12:40:18.229-07:00It was days after the bombing, no imminent danger....It was days after the bombing, no imminent danger. They were pushing it too far unnecessarily, and that would be a huge issue on appeal as a result. I didn't read their statement as victimizing him - just a reality check to follow the rules to avoid problems later. I know people love to hate the ACLU, but I think they're critically important.NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-32387058761474555002013-04-21T04:44:22.725-07:002013-04-21T04:44:22.725-07:00Figured you would. I'm sure my husband the la...Figured you would. I'm sure my husband the lawyer would too. As I understood the commentary, it sounded like the police were permitted to not immediately Mirandize him under the circumstances and did not act inappropriately. Believe me, I am not advocating vigilantism and am a big fan of the justice system. But this smacked a bit too much of victimizing Tsarnaev for me. Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-57300728420366945452013-04-21T03:42:55.565-07:002013-04-21T03:42:55.565-07:00Ack. Totally disagree with you about disregard fo...Ack. Totally disagree with you about disregard for rule of law. We should not allow our government to disregard rights just because individuals have in their committing of atrocities. I am not saying give him a free pass; I am saying that rule of law is critically important to civilization, and if we fall into vigilantism things will get so, so, so much worse. <br />NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.com