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Originally Posted by Dion
No, that's is not what counts. Their justice system is as crooked as a dogs hind leg - raising resonable doubt as to wether she got a fair trial. Even the Mexican govt has stated that their system needs to be overhauled.
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It is what counts to me, because I think we should respect their system. We might not like their system, and we might be happy we don't have to live within that system, but it is their system. By living and working in their system, Ms. Martin submits herself to said system. Unless you can show me how the Mexican system treated Ms. Martin differently than any other person currently being processed by it, I fail to see the unfairness. Yes, compared to the Canadian system of "innocent until proven guilty" it is an unfair system. However, that is not the standard in play here. In Mexico, under their system, was Ms. Martin treated the same as any other accused person? I believe so, based on all available reports.
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Originally Posted by Dion
I think it's stretch IMO to specualte she did get a fair trial.
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Again, fair compared to others in Mexico accused of similar crimes. Considering the lies Ms. Martin has told and been caught in, she is not starting from the high moral ground in any "he said/she said" arguement.
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Originally Posted by Dion
Why would someone reinvest money into an illegal scheme if they knew what was going on? Esepecially since there would be a paper trail?
That too me raises doubts as to wether she knew what was going on.
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Well, it has been reported her boss bilked folks out of $60M along the way. I can see a situation where someone would want a piece of that action, especially if they were that close to the "kingpin". It's not like she randomly stumbled upon the website and decided to invest - she was friends with the kingpin and had just been given more money to go away than she had earned while in his employ. I've been at this company 10 and a half years now, and if they came to me and said "here's 14 years of your salary to go away", I'd be gone - but I'd wonder what was up as would everyone I told.
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Originally Posted by Dion
I realise she's not a politcal prisoner. Still the report points out the corruption in the justice system.
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Is there any evidence of this corruption in the case of Ms. Martin? I certainly haven't heard of any. Just because there has been corruption in the system doesn't mean the entire system is corrupt and it is impossible to get a fair (by their standards) trial.