Actually, there is a lot wrong with our justice system. I am not a lawyer nor do I have any formalized education, outside of a few intellectual property and privacy classes for my masters program. But I am a reasonable person who i slightly outraged this morning.
I'm not going to address malpractice suits or the insane ability of certain people to waste tax payers money for frivolous lawsuits. I am not even going to focus on this abused Idaho woman who won the lottery but will most likely need to give half to her abusive spouse. Instead I want to rant about Loughner, our recent Arizona killer.
Yes I can call him a killer because the man brutally murdered innocent 6 people including a 9 year old girl. There is no question here. It was witnessed by multiple people (I even think some of it was on film). He was tackled down and held while the authorities. So why can he plead not-guilty? Why is a public defender assigned to him? Why is that defender allowed to petition the court to move the trial from Tucson to ensure an jury that is not tainted?
This is not justice. This is ridiculous. It is process for process sake. Fine, if we need to determine what to do with him - life sentence, insane asylum, death penalty. But do we need to pretend that this is our judicial system working to protect the innocent before they are proven guilty.
In our current economic times does Arizona need the cost of this trial? I cannot believe the media as tourists will bring enough money into the community to justify the cost. Do the families of the deceased and injured need to relive the ordeal via trial over then next 5 - 8 years?
This entire thing sickens me.
I'm not going to address malpractice suits or the insane ability of certain people to waste tax payers money for frivolous lawsuits. I am not even going to focus on this abused Idaho woman who won the lottery but will most likely need to give half to her abusive spouse. Instead I want to rant about Loughner, our recent Arizona killer.
Yes I can call him a killer because the man brutally murdered innocent 6 people including a 9 year old girl. There is no question here. It was witnessed by multiple people (I even think some of it was on film). He was tackled down and held while the authorities. So why can he plead not-guilty? Why is a public defender assigned to him? Why is that defender allowed to petition the court to move the trial from Tucson to ensure an jury that is not tainted?
This is not justice. This is ridiculous. It is process for process sake. Fine, if we need to determine what to do with him - life sentence, insane asylum, death penalty. But do we need to pretend that this is our judicial system working to protect the innocent before they are proven guilty.
In our current economic times does Arizona need the cost of this trial? I cannot believe the media as tourists will bring enough money into the community to justify the cost. Do the families of the deceased and injured need to relive the ordeal via trial over then next 5 - 8 years?
This entire thing sickens me.
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