Criminal
Apr. 10, 2004
America Must Uphold Rule of Law, Allow Consular Assistance
Forum Column - By Stephen F. Rohde - Imagine you are suddenly arrested in a foreign country and charged with murder. It's a case of mistaken identity. You're innocent. You were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the prosecutors are convinced you're guilty. You don't speak the language. Your court-appointed lawyer is inexperienced and overworked. You have no idea what's going on. You're all alone. And you are beginning to have dreadful nightmares filled with firing squads and electric chairs.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
By Stephen F. Rohde
Imagine you are suddenly arrested in a foreign country and charged with murder. It's a case of mistaken ide...
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