An affront to justice
Re “Sighting of Terrorist in Lodi Questioned,†March 15
The terrorism trial in Lodi, Calif., is a textbook lesson on why secret and indefinite detention by the Bush administration is an affront to justice. Officials may lock up a person in the honest belief that the accused is a threat. However, as the Lodi case shows, that belief may be based on information provided through malice, greed or simple error.
Only a public trial with adequate counsel can guarantee justice is done and only actual threats to our country are dealt with. This is why the right is enshrined in our Constitution and why abandoning it, for any reason, weakens our country.
LEE AYDELOTTE
Huntington Beach
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