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  1. Newsgroups: misc.legal
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spsgate!mogate!newsgate!chdasic.sps.mot.com!titmas
  3. From: titmas@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Eric Titmas)
  4. Subject: Re: George Bush pardons criminals
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.002807.11313@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
  6. Sender: usenet@newsgate.sps.mot.com
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  8. Organization: SPS
  9. References: <Dec.29.13.58.49.1992.2135@romulus.rutgers.edu> <1992Dec29.230800.21195@panix.com> <bhayden.725731091@teal> <1992Dec30.213641.12543@panix.com>
  10. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:28:07 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Dec30.213641.12543@panix.com>, eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
  14. |> 
  15. |> If you know anything at all about habeas corpus jurisprudence, you
  16. |> will immediately recognize the relevance of Justice Harlan's
  17. |> distinction between "guilt-related" constitutional violations (e.g.,
  18. |> denial of counsel) and non-guilt-related violations (illegal search).
  19. |> The decision to vacate North's conviction, because based on a
  20. |> non-guilt-related violation, casts no doubt on the validity of the
  21. |> factfinding process.
  22.  
  23. But there were witnesses whose recollection and testimony changed because 
  24. of North's forced testimony.  Specifically, McFarland's story changed after
  25. hearing North - casting a large doubt about the "validity of the 
  26. factfinding process".
  27. -- 
  28. Eric Titmas      Motorola ASIC       titmas@chdasic.sps.mot.com               
  29.  
  30. It is impossible to take in more money than Congress can spend.  - Thomas Sowell
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