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Greg Abbott working to 'swiftly' pardon Army Sergeant convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter riot
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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 4016706" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>He has a right to sign a written confession. His confession will be introduced in court, and he might well be convicted based strictly on his confession. There is a reason no defense attorney has ever tried to get a confession thrown out based on the First Amendment, it's not a First Amendment issue.</p><p></p><p>Did he claim he didn't post the statements himself? If so, his attorney might convince the jury they were not his statements, or at least that there was reasonable doubt he made them. But that would be arguments made about statements that were already in evidence and would be considered by the jury.</p><p></p><p>No one is arguing he has no right to defend himself. We are just saying the First Amendment does not preclude his public statements from evidence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 4016706, member: 44328"] He has a right to sign a written confession. His confession will be introduced in court, and he might well be convicted based strictly on his confession. There is a reason no defense attorney has ever tried to get a confession thrown out based on the First Amendment, it's not a First Amendment issue. Did he claim he didn't post the statements himself? If so, his attorney might convince the jury they were not his statements, or at least that there was reasonable doubt he made them. But that would be arguments made about statements that were already in evidence and would be considered by the jury. No one is arguing he has no right to defend himself. We are just saying the First Amendment does not preclude his public statements from evidence. [/QUOTE]
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