Timeline for Why don't US presidential candidates get thrown into jail by their opponent during election?
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 19:31 | history | edited | John Dallman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2018 at 19:44 | comment | added | MaxW | RE: Richard Nixon's acts of just secretly investigating his opponent -- In the US it is perfectly legal to investigate a political opponent. However you can't commit illegal acts , i.e. burglary, to do so. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 19:26 | comment | added | user2752467 | @DavidRicherby pleading guilty and waiving your right to a trial are not the same thing in the US. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 11:15 | vote | accept | user4951 | ||
| Mar 2, 2018 at 6:46 | history | edited | Alexei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 3:38 | comment | added | jamesqf | @null: While that may be common usage in a legal context, I am not a lawyer, and so don't choose to limit myself to that usage. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 3:12 | comment | added | phoog | @jamesqf while creditable is indeed a word, it is not generally used in US law to describe evidence, while "credible evidence" is a well established concept. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 23:12 | comment | added | jamesqf | @Acccumulation: I refer you to dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/creditable - or the dictionary of your choice. WRT Nixon, there would obviously have been no coverup if he hadn't initiated the secret investigations in the first place. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 21:57 | comment | added | Reinstate Monica -- notmaynard | In addition to public opinion, I'd say the opposition party in Congress — even if it's the minority — would raise hell if its presidential candidate were arrested. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 21:54 | comment | added | Michael Benjamin | @DavidRicherby, I haven't studied the case carefully. I think she's pleading not guilty by reason of mental illness. But whatever the case, I cited this example solely as an illustration of time span. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 21:46 | comment | added | David Richerby | @Michael_B I can't decide if that's a good example or a bad one. She confessed, but she pled not guilty (or there'd be no trial). In other words, she said "Yes I did it -- no I didn't", which is always going to cause complications. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 20:40 | comment | added | Michael Benjamin | To cite just one recent example, a nanny in my hometown killed two children under her care in 2012. She has confessed. The trial started today. nypost.com/2018/03/01/… | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 20:33 | comment | added | Michael Benjamin | Also, due process takes time. A plausible strategy to get a political opponent thrown in jail, even with an abundance of incriminating evidence, could take years. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 20:23 | comment | added | Acccumulation | "creditable evidence" should be "credible". "Richard Nixon's acts of just secretly investigating his opponent" technically, it was covering up other people investigating his opponents that led to his resigning. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 19:25 | history | answered | jamesqf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |