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‘Serial’ missed its chance to show how unfair the criminal justice system is
- wkimeria 12y agoFull disclosure. I haven't been following 'Serial', but this is a good article on the larger role of Prosecutors, especially in light of the Ferguson Trial and Prosecutor Bob McCulloch's admission that he knew that witness #40 was never at the scene but decided to present her testimony as truth to the Grand Jury http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/some-witnesses-told-obvious-lies-to-michael-brown-grand-jury/article_fd6effff-fc82-5df2-a248-cb93587847c7.html?mobile_touch=true http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/some-witne... Justice should not depend on the whims of the Prosecutor, especially since there tends to be a desire to 'win' cases rather than have justice done. This is the same problem with cops going after low level crimes (especially with people/groups with little social power, i.e minorities) and arrest quotas. Once you lose sight of the fact that justice is not about putting away as many people as possible you're on the road to hell.
- bonobo3000 12y agoI don't know about the justice system, but blaming 'Serial' is bullshit. Damn it every piece of art doesn't have to be about shedding light on some societal problem. How does someone even decide what the purpose of a podcast/movie/painting/song etc. "should" be? No one except the creator has that right.
- SwellJoe 12y agoSo...does the creator of this article not have the right to criticize? If not, what grants you the right to criticize this piece?
- toolslive 12y agoin most of Europe, the role of prosecutor is split in 2 since the introduction of the "code Napoleon". (I went to look for the English names of these roles, but only found the name for 1 of them: "Examining magistrate". It seems there is no English speaking country that also has a legal system based on the code napoleon ? )