“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).
He got what he so richly deserved.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately this mentality still happens now days, even in civilized, free countries.
ReplyDeleteSomeone (PJ O'Rourke? Dave Barry?) said that in America, one is innocent until proven guilty. In France, once is guilty until proven innocent. Russia combined both systems so that one is guilty until proven guilty.
ReplyDeleteSad but true, Paul. Ignorance of the law, which often was the case as commies made laws on the fly, was no excuse.
DeleteIleana,
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've learned over the past almost 12 years is that both political parties were stolen from 'we, the people' decades ago. At the top, each party is controlled by those who seek total control over the masses, all over the globe.
What makes the obvious fraud so concerning is how the propaganda complex, the courts, both political parties, etc. have closed ranks to advance an anti and un-American agenda.
A. J. Cameron
My AMERICA is at war with itself...I've been chased by commies all my life and now in my final days they are all around me again....Houston west side is just as DemocRAT as your Virginia....
ReplyDeleteIleana, please join MEWE social network, alongside myself. It's wonderful and I started building confidence in it. Has a lot of Facebook ideas but differently displayed especially the many, many groups. Let's start networking along with the latest 14 million members that joined since the PARLER collapse....
God bless!
- Aurel Mircea