[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>
>Hello Terry,
>
>Every effort should be made to make certain the individual arrested and
>tried for a crime is actually guilty. The justice system correctly comes
>under attack here. No innocent should be convicted and no guilty person
>should go free. In a perfect world - maybe. In the real world it isn't
>so.
>
> Joan
Hi Joan,
Trials are drama and theater. They are morality plays. Only a fool
believes they are a search for the truth. The verdict has to do with the
resources each side can command, the abilities of the individual lawyers.
It will never be a perfect world but that is not an excuse for killing
innocent people as long as errors can be rectified. In fact we are
hell-bent on killing those convicted as soon as possible. The Supreme Court
itself has agreed with the proposition that evidence of innocence is
immaterial if it is found beyond some arbitrary time limit.
When innocent people are executed we are all implicated. How are we
different from the killers who say their victim deserved it?
Best, Terry
"Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
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