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I am strongly determined to believe that justice systems around the world are either of the two: 1. Incompetent 2. Corrupt I do not wish to accuse of either
by neya 6y ago
I am strongly determined to believe that justice systems around the world are either of the two:
1. Incompetent
2. Corrupt
I do not wish to accuse of either yet in this case, but this seems grossly unfair to what people like Aaron Swartz had to go through in comparison. I guess deep pockets if involved somehow have their cases either dragged on, turned away, justice never served at all. Consistently.
- ineedasername 6y agoThe two key defendants are facing up to 20 years in prison, they haven't gotten away with things. If the case has dragged on it's because, as this article shows, Theranos may have engaged in additional criminal activity destroying evidence. I also wouldn't call the justice system incompetent in this matter just because the computer forensic team could not crack the encryption used.
- alistairSH 6y agoThe difference is wealth buys you out of pre-trial detention and other mistreatment by "the system" prior to conviction.
- f430 6y ago"For my friends everything, for my enemies the law"
- doonesbury 6y agoAn outstanding one-liner. Where/who's it from?
- mewse 6y agoIt’s generally attributed to Óscar R. Benavides, the 45th and 49th president of Peru, (1913-1914, terminated by a coup, then 1933-1939) although I haven’t been able to find good references pointing at exactly when or in what context he used the line. More details and further references on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Óscar_R._Benavides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Óscar_R._Benavides
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- Gibbon1 6y ago3. Slow
- PaulKeeble 6y agoThere seem to me to be increasing examples of the law not applying to the wealthy and powerful.
- _underfl0w_ 6y agoPart of me hopes that the perceived worsening is just an illusion brought on by the wealth of information constantly flowing everywhere now. That maybe the world has always been this corrupt - or sometimes much, much worse - but now it's just harder to quietly sweep such things under the rug. Not sure how much of that is just wishful thinking.
- Meph504 6y agoPeople seem to have a very misinformed view of our justice system. There are massive case loads, not enough qualified subject matter experts, or specialized investigators, and are generally understaffed in every way. This holds for prosecution and defense, and the wealthy and the powerful, have the ability to sink massive resources into a court case, the best legal minds, possibly multiple of them, they generally have the ability to vastly manipulate the evidence, and generally have legal advice on what not to say, and avoid self incrimination. On top of that, they will hammer the prosecutors office, to cross every t, and dot every i, and nail them in court if they don't. Not to mention the ability to file endless motions, continuances, etc... So when it boils down to it, does the prosecutors office spend a massive percentage of their budget and man power on a single case, at the expense of tons of other cases that are seemingly straight forward? or do they cut them a deal. A big case against the wealthy, has a high probability the prosecutors will fail to gain a conviction, it will have press, and losing will hurt the DA's chances for re-election. When you break it down, the wealthy, will always have a massive advantage, they doesn't have to be any corruption, friends influencing the courts, etc... (though many have that too) Its a battle of financial and time attrition, and the prosecutors have far less of it to dedicate to any single case, that a millionaire.
- tim333 6y agoI wouldn't call the UK one incompetent or corrupt but slow and expensive apply. They also lean a bit towards letting the guilty get away with it.