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minus-squareMagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWasn’t the law originally applied to folks who weren’t convicted? That would make requiring a conviction wrong.
minus-squareRupeThereItIs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agoIt was after the civil war, a general amnesty had been declared nobody was being tried. Furthermore they where obviously guilty, with a serious paper trail of a rebal government to back up their guilt. Trump is garbage who defied his oath and committed treason… But he still deserves a trial first. And that trial should have already completed.
Wasn’t the law originally applied to folks who weren’t convicted? That would make requiring a conviction wrong.
It was after the civil war, a general amnesty had been declared nobody was being tried.
Furthermore they where obviously guilty, with a serious paper trail of a rebal government to back up their guilt.
Trump is garbage who defied his oath and committed treason… But he still deserves a trial first. And that trial should have already completed.