Posted on 05/15/2024 11:42:06 AM PDT by Signalman
Lavrentiy Beria, the most ruthless and longest-serving secret police chief in Joseph Stalin’s reign of terror in Russia and Eastern Europe, bragged that he could prove criminal conduct on anyone, even the innocent.
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” was Beria’s infamous boast. He served as deputy premier from 1941 until Stalin’s death in 1953, supervising the expansion of the gulags and other secret detention facilities for political prisoners. He became part of a post-Stalin, short-lived ruling troika until he was executed for treason after Nikita Khrushchev’s coup d’etat in 1953.
Beria targeted “the man” first, then proceeded to find or fabricate a crime. Beria’s modus operandi was to presume the man guilty, and fill in the blanks later. By contrast, under the United States Constitution, there’s a presumption of innocence that emanates from the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments, as set forth in Coffin vs. U.S. (1895).
Sounds familiar...
Rumor has it that Beria poisoned Stalin. He thought he would take his place. He was wrong.
On a lighter note, here’s Beria’s (somewhat fictionalized) arrest from the black comedy, “The Death of Stalin”.
Five minute clip. It’s pretty darn good.
https://youtu.be/EDOIzK8NuoU?si=iWY-azxOT7_9FboJ
The Trial Still in Search of a Crime:
If wizened legal minds can’t figure out the game prosecutors are playing, then what is the jury supposed to do?
PJ Media ^ | 05/15/2024 | Victoria Taft
Posted on 5/15/2024, 11:00:16 AM by SeekAndFind
Even after five weeks, the Trump bookkeeping case in Manhattan is a “Potemkin Village,” according to law professor Jonathan Turley. That means it has all the appearance of being real, but upon closer inspection, there’s no there there.
Indeed, the indictment of former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of bookkeeping errors, statute-expired misdemeanors that have been miraculously spun into a series of felonies, is the Seinfeld of criminal cases.
But a jury could still find him guilty. “It’s Trump,” Manhattan jurors could say to themselves. “Of course, Cheeto-man must be guilty of something.”
But after the prosecutors told Judge Juan Merchan that their case-in-chief was wrapped, though not officially rested yet, after Michael Cohen’s direct examination on Tuesday, there’s still confusion over what crimes Trump is alleged to have committed.
It’s not a good look for the prosecutors and it’s disqualifying for a judge to allow this farce. If wizened legal minds can’t figure out the game prosecutors are playing, then what is the jury supposed to do with this smoke-and-mirrors monstrosity?
Alan Dershowitz has questions ?:.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com …
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/05/15/cohen-testimony-cross-x-n4929037
“In light of what is currently occurring regarding the Stalinist show trial of President Trump in NY, I thought it was appropriate to post this brief article.”
“Which law should I abide by?” - Ragnar Danneskjold, Atlas Shrugged
Bragg has gone beyond Beria by not even showing us the crime.
No, it wasn't. There is no authenticated record of him ever having said or written those words. It's an Internet myth.
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