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Originally Posted by Gayle
Surely, the issue at stake is not about how long people should be detained for but WHY innocent people are being detained in the first place. What is it about the 50% of people that made someone think that they should be detained?
We would all seem to agree that if someone is guilty then that's fine, detain them until you get the evidence and then throw away the key. But why are innocent people being detained in the first place - or is it just that they are guilty but the police can't get enough evidence to keep them - one has to wonder?
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Very good point. If the police thought these 'innocents' were at all dangerous to us but just had to let them go because of evidence then they'd still monitor them. As it turns out neither overt nore covert surveillace was used.
Your post raises another point. If you and cashman are suggesting people let go are just lack of evidence, then its even more reason to not detain innocents. It clearly does damage to their life as peers will think they're guilty. They could lose their jobs, friends, livelihoods just because they were locked up without charge.