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Thread #46325   Message #687789
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Apr-02 - 08:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: J'Accuse! (US Indictment of Lynn Stuart)
Subject: RE: J'Accuse! (US Indictment of Lynn Stuart)
This isn't the kind of situation where actual nationality really makes that much difference. That young man they're putting on trial for being with the Taliban is an American citizen, hence the trial.

I wasn't querying the jury system, Doug, just pointing out that saying "If she is innocent, she will no doubt be found innocent" just doesn't follow. Innocent people get found guilty and guilty people get found not guilty, and noone's found a way of avoiding that. It happens in countries where there are juries like ours, and it happens where there's other systems.