Zimmerman's Lawyers Renew Unethical Actions by Prosecutors

[eynon81]

[eynon81]

[John Galt]

i think this countries major justice problem isn't in not being able to correctly determine innocence or guilt. it's not corruption of judges or anything like that. it's an over zealousness of both the justice system and the people that support it to inflict heavy punishments of prison for just about any crime and the thought of "there ought be a law!" when something outrges us that day. i'm most concerned about crimes alot lower than where most people would put "rape" on their severity scale of decent behavior to terrible awful disgusting human being, i'm talking about things like drug offenses, assualt, mugging... things that don't result in a lot of physical, mental, or emotional harm to another person. the fact we won't do things like whip people anymore is, imo, detrimental, especially to the convicted, who now has their life ruined because they went to prison

[Indy]

[eynon81]

[The Dharma Bum]

I don't think we need to revert back to pilgrims whipping people in the town square for minor offenses. But I do agree with the idea that the public's taste for a garish form of vengeance is pretty much detrimental to society. However the state has done a lot to promote this type of unreasonable attitude by pandering to this sentiment in order to expand it's scope so it's not entirely the fault of the people.

Crime is one of society's bogeymen. We should take a more reasoned approach to social motivation than jingoistic fear-mongering if we would like to advance.

[John Galt]

[Indy]

[eynon81]

[Professor]