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In reply to the discussion: Dershowitz on MSNBC: "Locking someone up before they have been convicted is an anethama to liberty [View all]Moral Compass
(1,519 posts)37. Is Dershowitz a stroke victim?
He keeps saying shit that is simply stupid.
Hes like Ben Carson.
I cant figure how someone that was so obviously brilliant based on their professional attainment has become such an idiot.
He knows our legal system and knows that we routinely imprison anyone without enough bail money prior to conviction. Yet he says this.
I truly dont get it.
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Dershowitz on MSNBC: "Locking someone up before they have been convicted is an anethama to liberty [View all]
sunonmars
Jun 2018
OP
It is stupid for many crimes. Poor people spend 6 months awaiting trial and lose jobs, etc. nt
USALiberal
Jun 2018
#59
I was pleased to see Ari Melber immediately follow his interview by pointing this out
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#12
Yes. I caught that too. I was silently screaming for someone to point that out.
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2018
#22
Yes - it was great to see. I do wish that Chris Jansing had checked him in real time during the
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#29
Yes, Boo - it happens to poor white men, too - to a much lesser extent proportionally, but yes
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#63
You mean he's NOT talking about the children separated and locked up to punish their parents?
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2018
#15
Dershowitz should know PapaStupid is hemmed up because he lied about meeting with the Russians durin
uponit7771
Jun 2018
#43
Or just money and fame, I think the Von Bulow case was a turning point for him. He was seduced by
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#45
Yes! And it was a damned swanky wedding too. Probably the most expensive wedding I ever went to. I
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#91
of course it is a minor detail. but one would think that someone with his education
niyad
Jun 2018
#93
He's selling a book about the constitutional case against impeaching trump
NightWatcher
Jun 2018
#24
Sure it is very seldom that white rich people get locked up in this situation, but
LiberalArkie
Jun 2018
#36
say that to all the millions of black inmates waiting for court dates in jail.
librechik
Jun 2018
#41
It seems he and trump are racing to the bottom to see who can reach 100% senility....
George II
Jun 2018
#46
HAH. And here I thought he was talking about the children now in virtual incarceration,
calimary
Jun 2018
#64
what kind of attorney is Dershowitz if he has no problem with witness tampering?
spanone
Jun 2018
#73
Witness tampering while out on bond is also an anethama to liberty, your own! n/t
brewens
Jun 2018
#88