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They have incentive to hide it. Ordinary people want to think the justice system actually does justice. Not group cases by time slot because they are likely t
by trashface 2y ago
They have incentive to hide it. Ordinary people want to think the justice system actually does justice. Not group cases by time slot because they are likely to be simply denied, which is clearly biased.
Personally this is more disturbing to me than the alleged earlier finding that the judge was in a bad mood because he was hungry. At least that is correctable and avoidable; systemic discrimination by case type isn't.
- sea9 2y agoIt is absolutely correct to systematically discriminate by ‘case type’ if ‘case type’ means severity of charges. You don’t want arsonists to be granted parole as easily as jaywalkers. You are maybe forgetting that the job of judges is judgment.
- parpfish 2y agoThey arent hiding anything nefarious, they’re just organizing their day. Start a session with the cases most likely to run long and have extra paperwork so you’re more likely to finish at the right time and not go over