Document:Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Platform 2016: Difference between revisions

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===5. Safeguards for the Criminally Accused===
===5. Safeguards for the Criminally Accused===


[TO BE ASSIGNED]
[PENDING-ASSIGNED]


Until such time as persons are proved guilty of crimes, they should be accorded full respect for their individual rights. We are thus opposed to reduction of constitutional safeguards of the rights of the criminally accused.  
Until such time as persons are proved guilty of crimes, they should be accorded full respect for their individual rights. We are thus opposed to reduction of constitutional safeguards of the rights of the criminally accused.  
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We call for a reform of the judicial system allowing criminal defendants and civil parties to a court action a reasonable number of peremptory challenges to proposed judges, similar to their right under the present system to challenge a proposed juror.
We call for a reform of the judicial system allowing criminal defendants and civil parties to a court action a reasonable number of peremptory challenges to proposed judges, similar to their right under the present system to challenge a proposed juror.


===6. Justice for the Individual===
===6. Justice for the Individual===

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