gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy Is The Cook County State's Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters?blockclubchicago.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareFrench75@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoDue process always has exceptions. Prosecutorial discretion being a relevant one in this context.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoProsecutorial discretion is not an exceptions. Its part of due process and ends the actions against the individual (well in relation to that one case). Exceptions are bs where people think due process only applies to some but it has to apply to all.
Due process always has exceptions. Prosecutorial discretion being a relevant one in this context.
Prosecutorial discretion is not an exceptions. Its part of due process and ends the actions against the individual (well in relation to that one case). Exceptions are bs where people think due process only applies to some but it has to apply to all.