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> It is definitely not a perfect system. The problem is society in general accepts this behavior. The problem is the justice system accept this behaviour. We c

> It is definitely not a perfect system. The problem is society in general accepts this behavior. The problem is the justice system accept this behaviour. We can not and should not depends on the public opinion in general to determine injustices to happen. That's why we have a justice system after all.

ghastmaster 6y ago
> The problem is the justice system accept this behaviour. Judges already have the ability to throw out a case of it has no merit. Why are obvious cases like this possible is a question I'd like an answer to. We already depend on public opinion in general to determine criminal Justice norms. In place of apple put a prosecutor, in place of pear company put suspect. Every single one of us commits infractions every day we exist in the USA. Protectors use prosecutorial discretion. They do not charge us for every single crime that has technically been committed, because the populace would be up in arms and the prosector would lose their job. Each plaintiff is like a prosecutor. They should be beholden to popular opinion, and that opinion should be that behavior like this should be unacceptable.
- felipelemos 6y ago
  You cannot expect a fair society that relies on selective justice. Specially with so much social stratification and marginalisation. Justice cannot behold on popular opinion at all. There is a reason for 'her' to be a blindfolded lady. If 'every single of you are committing infractions everyday as you exist in USA' and black represents 40% of male prison population while are just 12% of the whole population and while black youth comprise 14% of the national youth population, 43% of boys and 34% of girls in juvenile facilities are Black, we could easily conclude that this system is highly unfair. Note: while writing this comment it got my attention that in my mother language the words for justice and fairness are the same.
markus_zhang 6y ago
If you know there is a problem in a system and you expect someone inside to make the change, most of time you will be disappointed, TBH.

ghastmaster 6y ago

> The problem is the justice system accept this behaviour. Judges already have the ability to throw out a case of it has no merit. Why are obvious cases like this possible is a question I'd like an answer to. We already depend on public opinion in general to determine criminal Justice norms. In place of apple put a prosecutor, in place of pear company put suspect. Every single one of us commits infractions every day we exist in the USA. Protectors use prosecutorial discretion. They do not charge us for every single crime that has technically been committed, because the populace would be up in arms and the prosector would lose their job. Each plaintiff is like a prosecutor. They should be beholden to popular opinion, and that opinion should be that behavior like this should be unacceptable.

felipelemos 6y ago
You cannot expect a fair society that relies on selective justice. Specially with so much social stratification and marginalisation. Justice cannot behold on popular opinion at all. There is a reason for 'her' to be a blindfolded lady. If 'every single of you are committing infractions everyday as you exist in USA' and black represents 40% of male prison population while are just 12% of the whole population and while black youth comprise 14% of the national youth population, 43% of boys and 34% of girls in juvenile facilities are Black, we could easily conclude that this system is highly unfair. Note: while writing this comment it got my attention that in my mother language the words for justice and fairness are the same.

markus_zhang 6y ago

If you know there is a problem in a system and you expect someone inside to make the change, most of time you will be disappointed, TBH.