[danielweber]

As a matter of order, people should only stand trial if the government legitimately believes them guilty and the government believes it can prove this to a jury.

Trials aren't for finding out facts or uncovering the truth. They are the formal processes that a government must do after deciding that a citizen deserves punishment to actually effect their decision.

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[mpyne]

This was be one of the easiest trials the government has ever had to put on though. Snowden admitted what he did himself, after all.