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Originally posted by Surgicalcric
I am in total agreement that he should receive due process. He should be charged and he should stand trial.
My argument is why cant he be tried as an enemy combatant; is it just because he is a citizen?
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Because as an enemy combatant, if I am reading this correctly, he does not have to be afforded due process:
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Padilla was arrested on U.S. soil, and the initial allegations against him were aired in the civilian criminal court system. He was later whisked to a military prison in South Carolina, where he was denied contact with his lawyer or other outsiders for nearly two years.
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I would prefer to see him tried for treason, but I am not an attorney. There may very well be reasons why treason would not apply in this case. RL would be the man to see on that one.
The following is totally hypothetical. My Ex would never do this, but the fact that he COULD fuels my fear:
My ex-boyfriend is a Deputy Sheriff with neighboring county. He gets vindictive on me, when he finds out I am getting married. He plants evidence of terrorist activities in my home/car/computer. He designs police software on the side, so this is entirely possible. Then he makes a call to the DHS. I am a US citizen, and I have done nothing wrong. Yet I will be incarcerated for two years and my life as I knew it would essentially be over with out the benefit of a trial.