The American legal system has a sick combination of people who have to run for office and thus have to show that they're "tough on crime" as well as judges who are tenured.
The prosecutors have to enforce laws that they don't agree with. There's a show "Law and Order" where there are two assistant DAs, one of whom is pro-death-penalty and one is against it. Makes for interesting television/drama.
The courts are inefficient and overrun with cases. There's a constant battle for middle ground where the DAs and cops try to pin a whole bunch of stuff on a perpetrator, expecting him or her to plea-bargain and get the case over with.
There's definitely the sense that having money gives you a distinct advantage over those who don't when it comes to legal representation.
There are juries in civil cases, many of which are better decided by a judge.
There are steps that are taken to keep the system honest but it slows things down.
There are those who argue that victimless crimes do not be on the books in a free society. I don't know how well this would work but it would surely help clean up the courts.
As far as human rights go, sometimes I think that certain people don't deserve them... that they should lose them. Some murder takes place under "crime of passion" or in the moment type situations. Others are well planned.
Sometimes I think that America, if the death-penalty is to be kept, should have public executions, where the condemning jury participates in the execution. The public executions would cause the public to see it as barbaric perhaps. Either we'd get rid of death penalties or at the minimum, demand that more care is taken to keep the innocent out. And, maybe it'd be a deterrent. Making the death penalty a black-box isn't good, though doing otherwise is considered cruel and unusual. Go figure.
I remember hearding people wanting Tim McVeigh to be executed so they could have closure in their lives. These were family of the victims saying this. Maybe this sort of thinking is too ingrained in most humans, at least many Americans. I'd be interested to know what percentage is in favor of dp.
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The prosecutors have to enforce laws that they don't agree with. There's a show "Law and Order" where there are two assistant DAs, one of whom is pro-death-penalty and one is against it. Makes for interesting television/drama.
The courts are inefficient and overrun with cases. There's a constant battle for middle ground where the DAs and cops try to pin a whole bunch of stuff on a perpetrator, expecting him or her to plea-bargain and get the case over with.
There's definitely the sense that having money gives you a distinct advantage over those who don't when it comes to legal representation.
There are juries in civil cases, many of which are better decided by a judge.
There are steps that are taken to keep the system honest but it slows things down.
There are those who argue that victimless crimes do not be on the books in a free society. I don't know how well this would work but it would surely help clean up the courts.
As far as human rights go, sometimes I think that certain people don't deserve them... that they should lose them. Some murder takes place under "crime of passion" or in the moment type situations. Others are well planned.
Sometimes I think that America, if the death-penalty is to be kept, should have public executions, where the condemning jury participates in the execution. The public executions would cause the public to see it as barbaric perhaps. Either we'd get rid of death penalties or at the minimum, demand that more care is taken to keep the innocent out. And, maybe it'd be a deterrent. Making the death penalty a black-box isn't good, though doing otherwise is considered cruel and unusual. Go figure.
I remember hearding people wanting Tim McVeigh to be executed so they could have closure in their lives. These were family of the victims saying this. Maybe this sort of thinking is too ingrained in most humans, at least many Americans. I'd be interested to know what percentage is in favor of dp.