PSCI 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Huguenot, Sid Hatfield, Due Process
21 Apr 2017
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Nobody is above the law - officials are accountable for their actions too. Police can"t enter a home without a warrant. The right to bail and a speedy trial. Concept that began with the magna carta in 1215. Protester arrested for assaulting an officer in toronto. Cops took off their id so they could claim impunity. The right to non-self incrimination and freedom from torture. Jean calas judges think that he murdered his son because he converted to catholicism. Calas is convicted for murder and they demand he tells them who helped. Voltaire rights about it and demands that the practice of judicial torture is stopped. Prevent court from being a tool for politics. Man from france accused and convicted of being a spy and selling french secrets. Writes a letter saying j"accuse i accuse the french government of knowingly convicting an innocent man and letting a guilty one go free.
