On Oct 4, 2014, at 06:56 , Bob Evans <b...@fiberinternetcenter.com> wrote:
>> On 10/4/2014 01:37, Owen DeLong wrote: >>>> Most crimes not committed by government entities have to go through >>>> an indictment-trial-conviction sequence before punisihment is >>>> administered. >>>> >>>> Except in Chicago. >>> >>> Whereas most crimes committed by government entities go through the >>> same process and are then not punished. >> >> I wasn't going to go there--that gets me banned a lot. >> >> >> But I do think that an related AP at the curb outside is entitled to a >> trial before the death ray is unleashed against it. > > Some laws that are broken require one to remain in jail until trial > completion, whenever one is found to be a threat to other members of > society. So in a virtual society perhaps virtual cell walls would be > appropriate ? In a virtual society, nobody's life is endangered. I don't know of any cases (under US law) where someone has been held without bail for economic crimes. Obviously, some societies allow one to be held without bail for almost anything, but I don't think that fits the original premise. Owen
