Jul
20
Pesky laws
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The government brought in control orders to target suspects who could not be prosecuted in courts. This could be because the evidence against them had been collected by bugging the suspect - and was therefore inadmissible. - BBC News
Dear Government,
Having to produce admissible evidence is not a bug in our legal system. It’s a feature.
Please stop trying to find ways around this.
[...] Now, it may be that the government have good reason to suspect Mr Mohammed of being connected with terrorism, and it may be that he could go on to assist in an act of terror. But they need to be able to prove it; and that is a feature, not a bug. [...]