Christine Hurt at the Conglomerate Blog has some reflections on a medieval practice whereby conspirators who testified against their fellows were let off if the fellows were convicted -- but executed if their fellows were acquitted! The Practice of "Approvement", Jan. 26, 2007. She read about this practice in Neal Katyal, Conspiracy Theory, 112 Yale L.J. 1307 (2003).
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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If we could somehow use this to execute everyone pardoned by the first President Bush, then I would have to say that we approve.
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