Pat Brown Quotes
In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
Brown, Pat. Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers. New Millennium Press, 2003.
Check is one of the co-founders of the Innocence Project which has exonerated dozens of convicted "criminals" most serving jail sentences, by proving with DNA evidence that the perpetrator could not have been the person who was convicted using DNA and other scientific methods. In the process, he and his associates have uncovered a great deal of defense attorney malpractice and prosecutorial misconducts and in many cases criminal acts committed by the prosecutors.
He was one of the few “national security hawks” who was willing to place this issue in the public table. In the 21st Century, there were some Muslims living in Democratic countries who were or had just become radical Islamic extremist jihadist by religious belief and philosophy. Some would preach or advocate violence in terrorism against Democracy and the west. Many of these people with radical Islamic beliefs would give material aid and comfort to terrorists and some would themselves engage in terrorist activities themselves. When they did, it was too late to prevent tragedies. So there was this population of emotional and intellectual terrorists who could act on their beliefs at any moment. These are what Hayden referred to as the “not yet guilty”. Preventive detention could protect against serious terrorist attacks. But the legal system of virtually every democracy had no legal bases to incarcerate or move against anyone for his/her beliefs or speech. Criminal charges required action other than thoughts, beliefs or speech. But by waiting until there is terrorist action, the law enforcement authorities give up the ability to prevent the terrorist action. Some were advocating changes in this fundamental and traditional distinction of law enforcement.
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco, he was elected attorney general of California in 1950 before becoming the state's governor in 1959.
