True, but they froth regardless. Where they lack the power to impede what needs to be done, they can be ignored.
Whole thing needs to be reframed. If someone has yet to be convicted, it should be a given that holding them is as grave as any other form of kidnap. Thus, they’re not being released, but rather the govt isn’t abducting them.
So though there has to be room for exceptions if we’re being realistic, those have to be under the most stringent, case-by-case scrutiny.
Republicans are frothing at the mouth for the first incident where someone is released and then commits a crime.
True, but they froth regardless. Where they lack the power to impede what needs to be done, they can be ignored.
Whole thing needs to be reframed. If someone has yet to be convicted, it should be a given that holding them is as grave as any other form of kidnap. Thus, they’re not being released, but rather the govt isn’t abducting them.
So though there has to be room for exceptions if we’re being realistic, those have to be under the most stringent, case-by-case scrutiny.
They froth at the mouth for any hypothetical incident where the laws do not permit something on behalf of an imagined crime they are afraid of.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.