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Aliantha · 06-18-2007, 03:03 AM

fargon, well that's what I would expect also.

As an example (and I'm only choosing this one because it's the one I'm most familiar with), look at David Hicks. Finally his charges were laid, and what do you know? He's home again and will be looking at starting the new year with his life back.

Is that right or wrong? Who knows. Apparently what he's guilty of wasn't anywhere near as bad as first thought and yet he was held without charge for 5yrs. I know he's not a US citizen, but we can only hope that this new legislation will trickle down into all facets of US law.

06-18-2007, 03:03 AM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	fargon, well that's what I would expect also. As an example (and I'm only choosing this one because it's the one I'm most familiar with), look at David Hicks. Finally his charges were laid, and what do you know? He's home again and will be looking at starting the new year with his life back. Is that right or wrong? Who knows. Apparently what he's guilty of wasn't anywhere near as bad as first thought and yet he was held without charge for 5yrs. I know he's not a US citizen, but we can only hope that this new legislation will trickle down into all facets of US law. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber