- Joined
- Sep 25, 2012
- Messages
- 7,908
- Reaction score
- 1,764
- Location
- Chicago
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
Exactly how is THIS case an example of that, or is this just a situation if you ignoring facts to push an agenda?
By the looks of the facts in this it seems more of an example of the pitfalls of a legal system where the burden is on the prosecution. Without the mother or daughter testifying against him it seemed the legal case wasn't strong enough to justify anything greater than what he got.
The problem with the legal system is generally the fact the DA is usually the best in the county, however some rich people have enough money to bring in their own attorneys that can give these DA's a run for their money, and of course your average Joe is forced to take the Public Defender because he cant afford an attorney, and generally Public Defenders have such a workload they cannot commit all their time to one case and generally their objective is to plead a man/woman out rather than fight to find them not guilty.
That's the jest of our legal system - at least our criminal system.
The judicial system isn't very fair but the problems exist in the system itself.