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| Concentration camps are often compared to prisons, but that comparison is inaccurate. In the United States, inmates arrive in penitentiaries only after they have been convicted of serious crimes, under criminal processes constrained by the US Constitution at all times. Starting with probable cause (which brown skin is not); then arrest (you have the right to remain silent ); followed by voluntary pleading (coerced confessions are thrown out ); leading to formal trial (bench or jury, defendants' choice ), based only on admissible evidence (hearsay/unsupported opinions are not admissible ), Constitutional constraints apply at every juncture. If they falter, appellate courts are watching. |
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