Flashermac Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I'm with you on this one, still what to do with the pregnant illegal who slips aross the border to have her child so the entire family can come in and stay? The whole subject opens an unpleasant can of worms. I'm willing to offer citizenship to anyone who serves at least six years honorably in the US military. Don't know about now, but serving in the military used to reduce the residency requirement from 5 years to 3 to become a citizen (the legal way). I had a professor from Limerick who had done that. It also got him the GI bill in those days, which helped pay for his university eduation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Okay, this sounds draconian. The child has a right to be in the USA, the mother doesn't. She has a choice. She can take her child back to where ever or let the baby stay and be the ward of the state with visiting rights under some sort of family visa. If the child is broguht back the child is still a USA citizen and when of age can visit on its own or be brought to the border to be picked up by a family friend or relative. The child has a right to be with its parent, yes, but that child can be with its parent in another country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110104/ap_on_re_us/us_dna_exoneration_texas 30 years in prison and was found innocent. Problem with a lot of DA offices is that its not about finding the truth its about conviction rates. The elected ones run on that. The system is screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Sure, conviction rates are part of the political side of being a prosecutor. Prosecutors are normally, therefore, quite certain of the ability to convict somebody before they indict. I'm pretty sure a lot of guilty folks walk free due to a DA's uncertainty about the evidence being sufficient. On the other hand, defense attorney's aren't exactly to be held in high esteem when it comes to truth-finding. Sadly, we do find a lot of people now having their convictions overturned on DNA evidence. Sad, cuz they've spent years behind bars for crimes they may not have committed. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 In related news .... Virginia DMV revokes world's greatest license plate The rationale is especially illuminating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flashermac Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Blocked in Thailand ... Sony thinks we'll download it and sell it or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Sure, conviction rates are part of the political side of being a prosecutor. Prosecutors are normally, therefore, quite certain of the ability to convict somebody before they indict. I'm pretty sure a lot of guilty folks walk free due to a DA's uncertainty about the evidence being sufficient. On the other hand, defense attorney's aren't exactly to be held in high esteem when it comes to truth-finding. Sadly, we do find a lot of people now having their convictions overturned on DNA evidence. Sad, cuz they've spent years behind bars for crimes they may not have committed. HH Sadder yet, we have probably executed innocent people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Sure' date=' conviction rates are part of the political side of being a prosecutor. Prosecutors are normally, therefore, quite certain of the ability to convict somebody before they indict. I'm pretty sure a lot of guilty folks walk free due to a DA's uncertainty about the evidence being sufficient. On the other hand, defense attorney's aren't exactly to be held in high esteem when it comes to truth-finding. Sadly, we do find a lot of people now having their convictions overturned on DNA evidence. Sad, cuz they've spent years behind bars for crimes they may not have committed. HH[/quote'] Sadder yet, we have probably executed innocent people. Not probably. We have. Many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I suspect a lot of those convicted that were innocent did not have the means to provide proper legal defense for themselves. The sad state of affairs is a lot of money can be made in arresting somebody. When we did away with our mining and manufacturing base, we are now left with making money by other questionable means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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