[81219] in Cypherpunks
Re: A Fair Trial for the Waco Raiders...is it too much to ask for?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Weinstein)
Thu Jun 5 00:32:10 1997
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:58:47 -0700
From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
Tim May wrote:
>
> Why is it so radical to ask that a criminal trial be held for those
> responsible, and all participants, and that the appropriate penalties
> be meted out if any of those charged are found guilty? Texas is very
> liberal with the lethal injections, so what's the big deal about
> having a trial and giving the needle to a dozen or so of the BATF
> leaders?
You're forgetting that guilt is decided by the DA when he brings the
case, not by the jury. After all, if the accused wasn't guilty, he
wouldn't have been charged, right?
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