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Re:Prosecutors Are Reading Emails From Inmates to Lawyers by cmdkeen on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @07:45AM (#8073805)
You're rather oddly equating free speech as what makes the US "the best place on earth". Which is an odd one on an article about the US having an impaired legal system, in the UK there may be more criminal sanctions against certain speech but you'll also get very well defended in a much fairer legal system.

Take the instance of the Robin Hood Airport Twitter trial -in the US you'd be relying on a public defender to make a 1st Amendment argument - win and you're grand, lose and the American justice system would bury you as a terrorist.

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Re:Prosecutors Are Reading Emails From Inmates to Lawyers by refurb on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @10:31AM (#8074540)
There are plenty of other examples of rights offered by the US justice system that you don't get in other countries: double jeopardy, how long you can be held before being charged, etc, etc

The US might not be perfect (who is?) but it offers some of the highest levels of protection for an individuals rights of any country.

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