Reply to post: Re: Criminal prosecution is the civilized thing

Alleged Brit SIM-swapper will kill himself if extradited to US for trial, London court told

Cederic Silver badge

Re: Criminal prosecution is the civilized thing

Oh please. The US justice system is as kangaroo as you can get.

I've watched three trials and read into a fourth this year. In all four the prosecutors have lied about the law, in the three I've watched they've also committed prosecutorial misconduct - and got away with it - including in two of them fabricating evidence, and in all three lying about basic facts, not to mention constitutional violations.

Then you've got the grotesque plea bargaining system on top of that, the blatant political bias in who get prosecuted, the pursuit of blatantly political trials, the mistreatment of prisoners awaiting trial, the withholding of evidence from the defence.. well, justice it is not.

The UK system has flaws and issues but trust me, I'd much rather be tried - whether guilty or innocent - in the UK than the US.

Which is what should happen here. If UK law has been broken, prosecute. That's not ducking, that's justice.

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