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> He had previously remained silent to avoid antagonizing prosecutors, who still hold family items with sentimental value, like a laptop with the only copies of
by fake-name 10y ago
> He had previously remained silent to avoid antagonizing prosecutors, who still hold family items with sentimental value, like a laptop with the only copies of childhood photographs of Dr. Laskar’s three daughters and an unfinished novel by his wife.
Like, what the fuck? Why do prosecutors have such broad control over something that should be held by a independent party?
The justice system is so fucked.
- emiliobumachar 10y agoThere should be a right to copies of one's seized electronics' contents if not returned in a reasonable period. Also, what is the justification for keeping them after the case was dismissed?
- salesguy222 10y agoIt certainly is. Many decades of misplaced public morality and "desire for justice" has turned the justice system into an apparatus that is entirely overreaching yet still tremendously powerful. Public support for it is still there from those who use the internet a bit less and those who don't see grave injustices as anything but "i'm sorry that happened" or "they probably deserved it" I don't mean to be fatalist but there really is no fixing this in the short or mid term; and in the long term, you would need some really mystical power to change the culture and practices technology has exposed to us all how bad the justice system is, but technology has also made the justice system even more egregiously corrupt and powerful
- syshum 10y ago>>>The justice system is so fucked. That is because we do not have a justice system. We have a Legal System The rules, the process, the procedure are what is important in our system. Any Justice obtained is secondary to the legal process and legal procedures