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To: i-node who wrote (819537)11/28/2014 1:40:35 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1586327
 
There is nothing in Scalia's remarks that is, in any way, at odds with what happened in the Wilson grand jury.
You didn't even READ them all, did you Dave?

Scalia:

As a consequence, neither in this country nor in England has the suspect under investigation by the grand jury ever been thought to have a right to testify or to have exculpatory evidence presented.



To: i-node who wrote (819537)12/1/2014 10:07:15 PM
From: Broken_Clock  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1586327
 
A "right" to testify suggests Wilson would have been able to DEMAND to testify and thus been able to do so

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now that is some twisted logic.

By your "logic"

a 10 year old doesn't have the right to drink alcohol but he can legally demand to do so