ya, i remember in college we had to learn about the magna carta in american history pertaining to our own, apparently the crown was a real cunt to people back then, if one didn't commit a crime, they just were tossed in the tower pending charges, all shackled up. (speedy trial, no cruel punishment, told charges, etc..) exactly the points our bill of rights was drafted to address. points also on the english adversarial common law, and things like a right to travel unmolested in the country were also english constructs. it was all very interesting; our anglo roots are very deep the world over
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