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Bob Mueller has taken the already corrupt usage of "obstruction of justice" all the way to a true police state meaning with Manafort, regardless of how guilty Manafort is. Manafort from the start has been kept in solitary confinement even since before any conviction and starting with a secret indictment in which no defense was even allowed to be offered. Solitary confinement is torture (you don't think so, empty a walk-in closet and see how long you can stand to stay in it) and this was NEVER appropriate for essentially an old tax case and process case not involving any violence.
But it is far worse. The job of a prosecutor is NOT to prosecute whatever it takes - and crush anyone who dares exercise their constitutional right to remain silent. The job of a prosecutor is to see that justice is served. This means protecting citizens rights and the rights of the innocent more than it means putting people in prison.
Yet no one now grasps that "obstruction of justice" most of all SHOULD mean denial of protections and rights of the innocent. It SHOULD mean protecting people from corrupt officials that use techniques to bully people into giving up their right to remain silent.
With Mueller, the concept that SHOULD most of all mean protecting the innocent and protecting people's legal rights, rather than his view of imprison, terrify, and destroy people's lives to force them to give up their rights and force them to plead guilt or the unlimited power of a corrupt prosecutor will destroy their lives even if ultimately found not guilty.
But it is far worse. The job of a prosecutor is NOT to prosecute whatever it takes - and crush anyone who dares exercise their constitutional right to remain silent. The job of a prosecutor is to see that justice is served. This means protecting citizens rights and the rights of the innocent more than it means putting people in prison.
Yet no one now grasps that "obstruction of justice" most of all SHOULD mean denial of protections and rights of the innocent. It SHOULD mean protecting people from corrupt officials that use techniques to bully people into giving up their right to remain silent.
With Mueller, the concept that SHOULD most of all mean protecting the innocent and protecting people's legal rights, rather than his view of imprison, terrify, and destroy people's lives to force them to give up their rights and force them to plead guilt or the unlimited power of a corrupt prosecutor will destroy their lives even if ultimately found not guilty.