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Because the bail system discriminates against the poor, Italy, Denmark and Sweden do not employ it. In all three nations, however, magistrates have the power to detain a man after his arrest. In Italy, lawyers have protested that too many persons are imprisoned for long periods and, if they are later declared innocent, may not recover damages for false imprisonment. Even in Britain, where a man may obtain his release by merely promising to pay bail, judges have broad power to lock up persons whom they consider dangerous. That such a system can be abused has been dramatically demonstrated...
Premier Papadopoulos, whose latest instruction to police chiefs was that it is better to let a guilty man go free than imprison an innocent one, was trying to make certain that his government abided by such precepts. Leftist Composer Mikis Theodorakis (Zorba the Greek), who was arrested four months ago for plotting to overthrow the regime, was released from prison. Two Athenian newsmen were also set free. Even so, some 2,500 prisoners remained on the Aegean islands of Ieros and Yiaros in camps that originally held Communist detainees during the 1946-49 civil...
Indira's party took over the West Bengal government because the Communists, who won a dominant role in the government in the elections, encouraged workers to strike and imprison their employers in their offices. To oust the Reds, Congress threw its support to a defecting coalition minister, who formed a new government. In Haryana, the legislators switched parties with such rapidity that the workings of the government were paralyzed. New Delhi placed the state under direct "President's rule" and ordered new elections to be held after a one-year cooling-off period. Though two religious parties managed...
...people gave you treasure and the soldier yielded up his life. The war for the Union is a most bloody and costly failure. What has been our success? Let the dead at Fredericksburg and Vicksburg answer." Vallandigham was arrested, tried and convicted of disloyalty. The authorities were ready to imprison him when Lincoln intervened and softened the sentence to deportation to the South. With habeas corpus suspended, thousands of other dissenters were arrested...
...fashioned," said the Justice official interviewed, "but I think that intellectual honesty is our best check and balance here [against government eavesdropping]. We must attract and train men of integrity. The courts still have the right to search and seizure. And the FBI doesn't prosecute or imprison people--they still have to go to court. That's another check...