“"But I was never put on trial, never convicted!"
"You are not entitled to a trial."
"Anybody's entitled to a trial, damn you!"
"That is absolutely true. But you see you are not anybody. You are nobody.”

— John Brunner , The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 1, Ch. "The Conviction of His Courage"  (His record having been erased from government computers.)
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

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British author 1934–1995

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