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Re: Justice for all.....
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:29:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
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> > Here's a little experiment you can try at home. Get yourself a
> > traffic ticket and then go to court to try and fight it. Take note
> > of whether or not burden of proof ever enters into the picture.
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> Good example. The system has been set up to exempt tickets from due
> process, in my view, because they say driving is a priv, and it's not
> a criminal offence but rather a civil infraction and a bunch of other
> stuff. That's their explanation, not mine.
In some states, driving has been argued to be more of a right than a
privledge. I don't actually know how they work it in the EU, so
maybe it's not the best example, but it was easy to lay out.
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| (...) Good example. The system has been set up to exempt tickets from due process, in my view, because they say driving is a priv, and it's not a criminal offence but rather a civil infraction and a bunch of other stuff. That's their explanation, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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