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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_absentia#In_absentia_under_United_States_law

In post 124 you pasted a list of “in absentia” trials. The list obviously came from Wikipedia list of examples.
The section just above the examples goes through a long explanation of why “in absentia” trials have not been accepted in the US for over 100 years.

Don’t be mean.

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I didn’t read that part.

I still hate you.

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The section just above the examples goes through a long explanation of why “in absentia” trials have not been accepted in the US for over 100 years.

The fact that the Court disapproves of trials in absentia only amplifies the unconstitutionality and illegality of denying the individual a trial altogether, by murdering him.