Some are smarter than others
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In congressional hearings, allegations, and even sworn testimonies by witnesses, are more than enough for senators to proclaim whoever is the focus of the Senate panel’s investigation guilty of whatever the senators allege and many of our senators today seize on this to subject a “summoned” resource person to a trial by publicity.
Not so, in an independent court of law, even if the senators claim that a sworn testimony is enough to charge whoever is the subject, with a criminal offense.
While it is true that in this country, a mere affidavit of complaint from a complaining witness is enough for the fiscal to elevate the complaint to a court of law, which really is unfair, since more often than not, the affidavit complaint is not substantiated by evidence as yet, being merely the word of an individual, such allegations must be proved before the court hands down the verdict.
Frankly, the Senate today has focused too much on investigations that just as frankly, hardly lead to anything, much less a legislative measure..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110817com1.html
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