Reply #35: What's a "technical nicety" and how much time do I get for breaking one? [View All]

[sangh0]

If you truly want to clear up confusion, I'd suggest avoiding misleading terms like "technical niceties" and "technicalities". (Note, it's confusing to use a different form of the same word (ie. "technicality" and "technical") in a definition of the word)

Also, if "technicalities" are those procedures which "can change the outcome of a legal proceeding", can you tell me which procedures can be ignored because they won't change the outcome?

Why are defenses based on technicalities called "procedural defenses" and not "technicality defenses"? COuld it be that, in Dean's world, all of the legal procedures put in place to defend our Constitutional rights are "technicalities"? If so, what does Dean have against the Constitutio