Our justice system is flawed. I have heard it said that it is the second worst system in the world. The worst system in the world is everybody elses! Just think how beautiful the concept of "Innocent until proven guilty" is. In many other countries, anyone can accuse you of something and then the burden is on you to prove your innocence. Here, if you are accused of a serious crime, the charges must first be heard by a grand jury who will decide if there is sufficient evidence to indict. Then, the prosecution must prove there case. What sometimes happens in our system is that people who commit crimes go free. I'll leave the debate as to whether it is better to let a guilty person go free or to convict an innocent party to others. What rubs me the wrong way is that rich people and poor people seem to get different justice. I saw it when I was a pharmacist. Some poor kid gets caught with drugs on him he is labeled a junkie and he goes to jail. A pharmacist or nurse or doctor get caught stealing drugs, and they are labeled an "impaired professional" and are allowed to enter a treatment program and eventually get their license back. Lady Justice is depicted wearing a blindfold and our justice should not be income related.
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