Right to a fair trial

[J. Stew]

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In then stands to reason that one's life is incomplete if he does not stand acused.

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What does this mean?

Muhammed (sp?) had a similar idea 2500 years ago, "An eye for an eye. . . " Consequences for sure, but not death IMO.

[DougShrapnel]

It means that if you have a right to a fair and fast trail, then one must a) commit a crime and be caught or b) stand falsely accused. In order to exercise your rights you must either by a criminal or wrongly accused. So if you are not a criminal, you must be standing innocent. And standing a trail while innocent is your right.

Your right is not that you should not be wrongly convicted. Your right is just that your trail is fair, and fast. It's a problem I see with the legal system.

As far as the “eye for an eye” thing, that is the most commonly misused legal finding from religious texts. Eye for an eye means let the punishment fit the crime. Eye for an eye mean let the rich and poor have access to the same judical system. It does not mean if someone takes your eye you take there eye. Merely that the punishment is the same for all classes of society as well as fitting of the crime.


Does that clarify anything?