The police were frantic and, from letters left at the different crime scenes, the press eventually dubbed him, Son of Sam. ?... A law was passed that permitted the state to seize and hold for five years any money earned by an individual from the sale of his or her story of crime (Pember, p. 113). The money was then set aside to compensate the victim or victim's family of the crimes perpetrated by the felon. ... Of note, two separate, yet equally important, challenges to the law were produced in the late 1980's and early 1990's. ... Let us not mistake what should be fair and jus...

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Unlawful combatants are likewise subject to capture and detention, but in addition they are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals for acts which render their belligerency unlawful" (Savage, A5). ... Scott Sullivan, former Air Force attorney, says that since the country was not at war on September 11, what happened was not a war crime. ... The State Department human rights report of 2000 notes that "Cairo's use of military courts - created in 1992 to counter a wave of terrorist violence - had "deprived hundreds of civilian defendants of their constitutional right to be tr...

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The Counsel Clause states: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." ... They argue that his plea was valid because he acknowledged the rights of trial he was w...

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