Thread: The Judicial System Is Skewed In The Us
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Old 08-21-2007, 09:17 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sblanchard View Post
What I Dont Understand Is Why Citziens Are Not Treated The Same In The Eyes Of The Judicial System. How Can Someone Who Has Continuously Broken The Law Not Serve Jail Time Like They Should? Why Are White-collar Workers Treated Very Differently Than Your Average Everyday Joe Shmoe. We Need All New Judges.
Boy, is it ever skewed. My first real eye-opening realization of that came with the OJ Simpson trial.

The Saturday after the verdict, Norm MacDonald was doing Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live. He put up a picture of OJ and said "It's official! ... Murder is now legal in the state of California."

The audience laughed, but nervously and not very hard. I think they were feeling what I was feeling... this wasn't a joke, it represented a public declaration of loss of faith in the justice system.

See Lady Justice in my avatar over there? That blindfold she wears is supposed to symbolize "Justice is blind," meaning that everyone is treated the same. Well, it's a wonderful ideal, but you are right... it is far from reality.

Back to your point... I don't know that judges are totally to blame, but surely, they share some of the blame for this mess. They are human, after all, and they make mistakes.