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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
In America, certain rights are suspended pending due process, as well.
I.e. the police officer who arrests you is well within his rights to cuff you, search you, put you in a holding cell, etc. even though the trial hasn't happened yet.
"due process" means more than a trial. The cop can't do any of that shit to you without a warrant or probable cause. Both of those things are part of due process.
In the article I linked, the shrink ADMITS she did not have probable cause to involuntarily hospitalie this man, and she did anyway. She did so because SHE (not a judge, or a jury) decided that it would be cool if he wasn't allowed to buy a gun, and because it eased her own conscience in case she was wrong.
If you think that's a fair application of due process, please move to Canada.
Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
In Missouri, the police have the right to arrest and detain anyone anyone named in a warrant, or who has given the police probable cause to arrest them, and they have up to 20 hours to file charges.
FYP
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