rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (06/12/84)
(Discussion moved from net.followup - topic is the confiscation of a bulletin-board system as evidence.) >By all means give people the benefit of the doubt. When somebody >assumes that a group called "UNDERGROUND" was used for criminal >activities, he may be guilty not of prejudging the sysop, but of >being unwilling to prejudge the police that took action. > >In the court of law, the sysop MIGHT be a defendant (or witness). On >this net, the authorities are being judged, and they deserve a little >benefit of doubt, too. In other words, we no longer need to honor the idea of "presumption of innocence"? And what about "due process" in the seizure of property? -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Cerebus for dictator!