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Their testimony is given more weight not because of virtue of authority but by the familiarity and working relationships they enjoy in judicial system. Same re

Their testimony is given more weight not because of virtue of authority but by the familiarity and working relationships they enjoy in judicial system. Same reason they get lesser punishment, a familiar colleague or someone from the organization you work daily with, or any persona you identify with better ( same school, ethnic/ racial background etc) will likely be treated more favourably .

buran77 6y ago
Lawyers enjoy an even better familiarity but not the same level of trust. Police officers are trusted to run after criminals and catch them so implicitly with the authority to do this also comes that trust. They need it to do their job. Otherwise they would face the same reaction when doing their job as you would as a normal person trying to act like a police officer. As for the punishment, there is no reasonable analogy here. They only get the privileges enshrined in law and are treated equally everywhere else (e.g. punishment), it's not a matter of favoritism. I'm not aware of cases where a country imposes substantially harsher punishment for police officers convicted of a crime, especially when during the line of duty.
- manquer 6y ago
  Lawyers can be in adversarial roles to the judge, i.e. it easier to antagonize a judge as a lawyer than a police officer. Lawyers do enjoy preferential treatment than you and me in the system for couple reasons, one they the rules and are likely to use/exploit them, also various agents of system tend to be careful about procedure around a lawyer, one of the reasons you should hire a lawyer asap if ever arrested.
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Daho0n 6y ago
>Their testimony is given more weight not because of virtue of authority but by the familiarity and working relationships they enjoy in judicial system. In the civilized parts of the world this is part of the law - not some "hey I know a judge therefor I am above the law" BS. If you are in a country that is as corrupt as you say it is at least mention which it is.

buran77 6y ago

Lawyers enjoy an even better familiarity but not the same level of trust. Police officers are trusted to run after criminals and catch them so implicitly with the authority to do this also comes that trust. They need it to do their job. Otherwise they would face the same reaction when doing their job as you would as a normal person trying to act like a police officer. As for the punishment, there is no reasonable analogy here. They only get the privileges enshrined in law and are treated equally everywhere else (e.g. punishment), it's not a matter of favoritism. I'm not aware of cases where a country imposes substantially harsher punishment for police officers convicted of a crime, especially when during the line of duty.

manquer 6y ago
Lawyers can be in adversarial roles to the judge, i.e. it easier to antagonize a judge as a lawyer than a police officer. Lawyers do enjoy preferential treatment than you and me in the system for couple reasons, one they the rules and are likely to use/exploit them, also various agents of system tend to be careful about procedure around a lawyer, one of the reasons you should hire a lawyer asap if ever arrested.
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Daho0n 6y ago

>Their testimony is given more weight not because of virtue of authority but by the familiarity and working relationships they enjoy in judicial system. In the civilized parts of the world this is part of the law - not some "hey I know a judge therefor I am above the law" BS. If you are in a country that is as corrupt as you say it is at least mention which it is.