I am fascinated with people’s infatuation with the exceptions and how they try to portray the exceptions as the general rule, and that my dear friends is what happens with this kind of article. Our judicial system is not perfect, nothing is. It has flaws but bear in mind it was designed to be as practical and fair as possible, not perfect. That is the reason why you have mechanisms of appeals, trials by jury and several other "tools", as a law professor I had used to say.

To be redundant, the system is not perfect, was never meant to be perfect, it will never be perfect, it is meant to be as fair as possible within our socio-political environment. There will always be a possibility of failure like in anything else. There will always be an overzealous manipulative prosecutor willing to bend the rules just to win a case, and that is sad. But those are the exceptions, not the rule. We have to appreciate what we have a little bit better, or go to Cuba and challenge the system, or China, hey, even Russia with their so called reforms you can get in serious trouble, jail trouble if you cross the line with the wrong bureaucrat. I can go on and mention many other countries, free countries, allies of ours, that have far more dubious laws and rules for criminal and civil procedure (like jailing you for failing to pay a debt or holding you for an undetermined period of time without charging you until they build a case against you) that will make you feel happy and safe with our judicial system.

Ladies, gentlemen, it is not perfect, but it certainly works, if not ask OJ.


Max

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...."Beyond jealosy and betrayal; beyond hate and desire; beyond pain and death; lies the ultimate revelation; the final choice; the end; because the fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth" Neon Genesis Evangelion