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September 4, 2004

Presumption of Innocence is Dead

Posted by digamma @ 12:05 pm EDT

You know, I love Radley Balko’s weblog, but it’s damned depressing sometimes.

The town web site of Frederick, Maryland now posts photographs of people arrested for prostitution-related offenses. Notice I wrote arrested, not convicted. Someone who understands the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments (and every other law) better than me needs to take this to court.

Oh, and if you tell your doctor you’re a heavy drinker, you can lose your driver’s license, regardless of whether or not you ever drive drunk.

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