System Update with Glenn Greenwald
Sep 30, 2026 · 35 min · 8 segments
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And traditionally, it's been difficult to prove it because it's usually just a matter of he said, she said.
And when you have a standard of reasonable guilt beyond all reasonable doubt for guilt, which is foundational to our justice system, it's not always easy to prove that.
But you don't get to pick and choose which crime you want to eliminate basic protections of due process and presumption of innocence from.
Like, yeah, for murder, let's make sure they get every robust protection and legal defense possible, every appeal, every evidentiary ruling in their favor.
And I do find it particularly disturbing, to be quite honest, that this is in this particular case being led by the left.
There are plenty of instances where it's the right trying to assault due process.
And what's so disturbing about it is the left has traditionally throughout the 20th century had as one of their foundational causes and values, the need to provide the most robust protections possible for criminal defendants is so basic.
It's usually people on the left who have gone, for example, to become public defenders, to defend the indigent.
who are accused of crimes to make sure they get the full panoply of protections they deserve.
And it's the Warren Court and the left-wing justices in the 20th century who provided the most expansive readings of things like Miranda warnings and other protections for criminals.
It has been subsumed by this far more important to a lot of people on the left and to the left wing movement in general, this social justice cause of feminism and rape culture, and they don't care at all about due process, presumption of innocence or anything.
I just wanted to, for those of you who didn't understand what this case was or haven't heard about it, I just wanted to give you the summary, but now we're gonna actually walk through it because I find this extremely disturbing.
And traditionally, it's been difficult to prove it because it's usually just a matter of he said, she said.
And when you have a standard of reasonable guilt beyond all reasonable doubt for guilt, which is foundational to our justice system, it's not always easy to prove that.
But you don't get to pick and choose which crime you want to eliminate basic protections of due process and presumption of innocence from.
Like, yeah, for murder, let's make sure they get every robust protection and legal defense possible, every appeal, every evidentiary ruling in their favor.
And I do find it particularly disturbing, to be quite honest, that this is in this particular case being led by the left.
There are plenty of instances where it's the right trying to assault due process.
And what's so disturbing about it is the left has traditionally throughout the 20th century had as one of their foundational causes and values, the need to provide the most robust protections possible for criminal defendants is so basic.
It's usually people on the left who have gone, for example, to become public defenders, to defend the indigent.
who are accused of crimes to make sure they get the full panoply of protections they deserve.
And it's the Warren Court and the left-wing justices in the 20th century who provided the most expansive readings of things like Miranda warnings and other protections for criminals.
It has been subsumed by this far more important to a lot of people on the left and to the left wing movement in general, this social justice cause of feminism and rape culture, and they don't care at all about due process, presumption of innocence or anything.
I just wanted to, for those of you who didn't understand what this case was or haven't heard about it, I just wanted to give you the summary, but now we're gonna actually walk through it because I find this extremely disturbing.
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