Lawmakers Debate Detainee Legal Rights—FOXNews.com
The debate is over whether or not to limit suspects' access to evidence. It can be logically argued that withholding evidence from a person may be prudent in some cases involving high-risk individuals.
On the other hand, I could see this becoming a big problem for the court system. The scenario plays out something like this:
SUSPECT: You're sending me to jail for how long?
JUDGE: For 25 to 35 years.
S: And what was I convicted of?
J: Terrorism. You were found guilty of blowing up an elderly home and gassing a day care center full of children. We also caught you in the middle of a plot to disintegrate the city's water supply, poisoning everyone by causing a release of all the airborne toxins you had dumped into it.
S: What was the evidence against me? Did I fall asleep during the trial or something? And didn't you steal that last crime from the plot of Batman Begins?
J: Terrorists don't get to see the evidence against them or witness their trials. You're guilty, and now you're going to jail. Officer, take this scum away!
