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The reason we provide due process for bad guys isn't to benefit the bad guys. It's mostly so that when the government is doing something wrong to good guys by mistake, it's available for them, too. It's also because providing due process is the sign of being one of the just nations - it benefits all of us when we provide a fair system to even the worst among us.
People who don’t understand this are the same ones who wonder why we give murderers a “fair trial.” It costs money to have a trial, it takes time and government resources, it delays things. Why not just “string him up?”
Well, it we don’t do it for the murderers, we do it for the innocent people who are accused of murder. Without due process, you’re just disappearing people because you think they don’t deserve due process. Very popular in East Germany and the Soviet Union. I thought it would be unpopular with everyone in this country, but obviously I was mistaken.
