Ghislaine Maxwell Prosecution Reveals Nearly 3 Million Pages of Evidence
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Too bad. The prosecution only needs to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I don't think they're going need more than a few well selected pages to meet that criteria. But I am thrilled that they dumped the whole landfill of filth into the courtroom.
Here’s the thing.
I have no doubt they have enough proof to put these people away for life. The sealed documents at least hint at that.
But if we are a nation of law and order, we MUST apply that law equally and fairly. By all means throw the book at these perps, but keep due process intact.
Justice delayed by a lifetime long crime spree creating 2.7 million pages of evidence that "needs" to be reviewed is not due process in my opinion.
Clearly her lawyers plan to exploit "due process" to circumvent justice. So where does the judicial system draw the line? How does the system decide how much more time needs to be given to the defense?
Keep in mind that the defense has already had plenty of time to review evidence straight from the horses mouth- their client. If she failed to disclose the bulk of her crimes (the evidence) to her lawyers, that's her problem. She also had opportunity to confess. The defense doesn't need any extra time to know what the bitch has done just because the prosecution has compiled an unprecedented mass of evidence. If the defense doesn't already have the bulk of the evidence, then it is because they failed to extract that evidence from their client. Their problem. It's not like this trial has been rushed.
The defense already had plenty of time to prepare an adequate defense- provided their client was cooperating with them. If not, tough shit. Drag their asses kicking and screaming into the court room, and broadcast the trial live.
You lack understanding of what discovery is in the legal process. Discovery is production of EVERYTHING, not “proof of crimes.” I had to be on record for a court case once; the questioning only lasted four hours but it created hundreds of pages of interview transcript. It was up to the jury to determine if the information found during discovery and presented in a legal context by counsel showed a person broke the law beyond a reasonable doubt.
Shawshank Redemption comes to mind. They had “all of the evidence,” but it turns out he didn’t do the crime, and was actually being forced to launder money by the prison warden. I am not saying Maxwell is innocent, but I sure as hell think one more potential victim of corruption because they botched her trial would be shitty.
When you take the emotion out of it, you should want justice done, not a witch hunt. It may be possible Epstein was behind the whole thing and she got left holding the bag. Or, vice versa. Or, they’re both guilty as hell.
My personal bias is they both are guilty as hell. That does NOT mean I think we should be setting a precedent of throwing someone under the bus without a chance to review legal documents before a trial.
Flynn got the shitty end of the stick; when Q says it must be done by the book, he means we cannot become our enemy.
My issue with the "due process" has more to do with the defense being allowed a grossly extended pre-trail review before the actual trial. I understand that evidence needs to be presented to the defense. But the defense should not be allowed to stall a trial either. Stalling a trial is also a violation of due process in my opinion.
There are only (X) number of charges being presented. The time allotted for a defense to review evidence before a trial should be based on the number of charges, not the amount of evidence the prosecution has.