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David McBride vs Goliath in a nutshell
(sh.itjust.works)
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David vs Goliath in a nutshell:
Government: 'he stole [newspeak for copied] information but we can't tell you what it is, so we took it off his lawyers and put it in a safe. We'll all refer to it as the docs in the safe.'
Judiciary: 'oh, ok, np!'
Defence Department Whistleblower: 'Those docs showed what I believed to be leadership misconduct. I have no defence now; I plead guilty.'
6 months later...
Government: 'Please jail him with non-parole period'
Judiciary: 'lemme think about this for another week 🤔'
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-> https://twitter.com/BeeDemocracy/status/1787773353438413019
What I don't understand is how the case wasn't thrown out by the justice when he wasn't allowed to see the docs that were then put in the safe. THIS IS NOT A FAIR TRIAL. The defendent is prevented from presenting potentially exculpatory evidence, even to a closed court!
That's certainly a big part of it.