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The comment could be read to imply that due process is something to be earned with good behavior, instead of something to be afforded as a matter of law to all accused, even the most heinous criminals.

I personally am not a fan of "why talk about this one example when there are so many other examples" type comments, because it's literally impossible to talk in any depth about the topic generally if we insist on finding the best example first. We'll spend all our time debating which person is the better victim instead of talking about whether our criminal justice system is working properly.

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> The comment could be read to imply that due process is something to be earned with good behavior, instead of something to be afforded as a matter of law to all accused, even the most heinous criminals.

That is a pretty deliberate misreading of my comment. I'm very obviously saying why does his legal process continue to be news, not whether he deserves to have legal proceedings. Nothing even close to that.

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> I'm very obviously saying why does his legal process continue to be news, not whether he deserves to have legal proceedings.

It's news because he has the money to bring the blatant abuses made in attempting to prosecute him to light. Instead of vague accusations of prosecutorial caprice, he's got the resources to document and prove how egregiously broken the system has been in handling his case.

When the process can be used as a substitute for the punishment, the system is broken.

> It's not like he's some principled crusader fighting for a precedent that affects all of us.

He very much is fighting for a precedent that affects all of us. And it really seems like you don't think people should stand up for or publicize those principles if the accused is an unsavory individual. Why don't we stand up for more principled people instead? I think we would, if one of them had the resources to bring the injustices into the light. The fact is, it is so incredibly rare that a person both has the resources and is willing to spend them in a fight to reveal these kinds of unscrupulous prosecutions. He would probably be better off right now if he had just rolled over and copped a plea, but we would all be worse off because the authorities wouldn't be held accountable.