On Monday, a US federal appeals court sided against a former Philadelphia police officer who has been in jail 17 months because he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination. He had refused to comply with a court order commanding him to unlock two hard drives the authorities say contain child porn.
The 3-0 decision (PDF) by the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals means that the suspect, Francis Rawls, likely will remain jailed indefinitely or until the order (PDF) finding him in contempt of court is lifted or overturned. However, he still can comply with the order and unlock two FileVault encrypted drives connected to his Apple Mac Pro. Using a warrant, authorities seized those drives from his residence in 2015. While Rawls could get out from under the contempt order by unlocking those drives, doing so might expose him to other legal troubles.
In deciding against Rawls, the court of appeals found that the constitutional rights against being compelled to testify against oneself were not being breached. That's because the appeals court, like the police, agreed that the presence of child porn on his drives was a "foregone conclusion." The Fifth Amendment, at its most basic level, protects suspects from being forced to disclose incriminating evidence. In this instance, however, the authorities said they already know there's child porn on the drives, so Rawls' constitutional rights aren't compromised.
[...] The suspect's attorney, Federal Public Defender Keith Donoghue, was disappointed by the ruling.
"The fact remains that the government has not brought charges," Donoghue said in a telephone interview. "Our client has now been in custody for almost 18 months based on his assertion of his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination."
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(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2017, @11:07AM
Under the Law of the God of the Armies (NOT JESUS) Raping Female Children simply supplies the man (who is BA
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'AL (Overlord) of the female) with a bride: D....t
chapter 22: verse 28
verse - 29, hebrew (discussion: http://pastebin.com/mzFJyxea [pastebin.com] ), numbers 31,)
That is: PEDOPHILE RAPE OF GIRLS IS NOT A SIN ACCORDING TO GOD (not Jesus). Females were _MADE_ for men. Man is the _MASTER_/_OVERLORD_ of the female.
Acolytes of the false prophet Jesus; those who hate men and raise up women; oppose God's law in everything and further the respect and adoration of the whore all around the globe, while reviling men who would have (for themselves) what is good and pure.