Democrats have been getting a lot better on this issue. Obama pardoned Chelsea freaking Manning for instance. It's terrible for you to refuse to give them any credit and continue with the false equivalency nonsense.

Diplomatic Blunder: Donald Trump Keeps Calling Israeli And Palestinian Officials ‘The Class Of 2017’ And Telling Them To Follow Their Dreams

lul

a new onion site?

yeah they're so good the onion bought them

This is completely wrong. First, you get hours of "I don't recall" testimony in large part because witnesses are told not to guess or speculate and because it often is hard to remember with certainty the details of events that happened months or years in the past. It has nothing to do with concerns about perjury. Second, you can't invoke the Fifth solely because of a concern that your own testimony would be perjurious. That's not a proper basis. You can't invoke the Fifth because of concerns that you will be criminally liable for conduct (perjury) that you have not yet engaged in. Third, your chances of being charged with perjury because you honestly misremembered a date or time are as close to 0% as you can get. Perjury requires intent, not just falsity. People make factual errors in their testimony all the time. Fourth, it's entirely reasonable to take the Fifth if you believe that your conduct should not subject you to criminal liability, but you are less than 100% certain that a prosecutor or jury would see it the same way. Not all conduct is clearly criminal or not criminal.

Can't beat a bit of bully.

It's coming up on 5pm EST.

Just out of curiosity, what does the "conga" player actually do in this band?

Trump (privately): how can they know it was isreal if i never SAID isreal??? wtf it makes zero sense

Two obvious times where truthful testimony from an innocent person would do him more harm than good:

1. He would have to admit to small crime while he is explaining why he didn't commit the major crime. ("I couldn't have robbed the bank because I was at my friend's house doing drugs"). If he is going to win his case anyway he might invoke the 5th.

2. The truth will increase the chances of an incorrect guilty verdict. ("Yes it was me who had been secretly sending Mary love letters but I didn't kill her")

Plus of course a lot of lawyers will recommend invoking the fifth simply because they see no upside to testifying even if there isn't an obvious downside. Theoretically that invocation is not supposed to influence a verdict. I'm guessing it probably does (as it actually should, mathematically speaking) but probably only slightly.

You should never talk to the cops, period. They are not your friends. Your only friend is your lawyer. Ask if you are being detained. If they say yes, lawyer up. If you say something to the cop and a lawyer is not present, the judge is taking the cop's word over yours.

There's a reason why cops say "Do you know why I pulled you over?" when you are speeding. It's because they want you to say "Yes, officer. I was speeding and didn't realize it. I'm sorry." It's not because they are concerned you didn't know you were speeding. They want you to admit you knew you were speeding.

BTW- It's not a matter of distrusting the police. 99% of them do a great job. It's about covering your own ass.

What will he be touching at the Vatican?



https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/...23345320087553

1. Nope, this is not the way things like that work.

2. This is the real reason.

Hugo Chavez?

Yeah Iran is the country most poised for fundamental change due to their extremely high percentage of young citizens who lean pro-western. It's one of the reasons why I think the US has to walk an extremely delicate line when it comes to Iran.

It's the guy who licks the nut.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...38364187602944

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Trump to propose big cuts to safety net in new budget, slashing Medicaid and opening door to other limits

For Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health care to low-income Americans, Trump’s budget plan would follow through on a bill passed by House Republicans to cut more than $800 billion over 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that this could cut off Medicaid benefits for about 10 million people over the next decade.

Who makes a map with blue countries and the blue is the same as the blue for water? THERE ARE OTHER HUES

It varies by state and you may be able to get it expunged, but an arrest creates a lot of public records both at the police agency and through the courts, and all of those things can negatively impact you down the line.

My bad. He must've ran fresh out of scruples when it came time for Snowden.

Never talk to the police.

Testifying at trial will depend on your defense, but the #1 reason your lawyer will tell you that you should testify at trial is because your dumb ass talked to the police and said something that implied you did something wrong, and now the jury needs to hear your explanation for that.

Your actual guilt or innocence is mostly irrelevant to this calculus.

The US has a military base in Socotra? What?

Again, Lestat was in ****ing TEARS over the unfair treatment the media gave Joe ****ing Paterno and Donald Sterling. His moral purity test goes one way and one way only.

This legal sideline about the 5th and criminal records is really interesting but I'd be curious which posters have actual legal experience. There seem to be a lot of disagreement.

There are obvious exceptions to the rule. Like if you're breaking into your own house bc you locked yourself out, it's probably best to explain that to the cops rather than demand a lawyer.

Manning faced trial and was sentenced, Snowden fled to Russia.