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ya know...the really pissed off, cynical side of me says, "Sure..truth serum would be a nice way of conducting a trial." it would be a way fo making a trial 3 minutes long: "Did you commit whatever crime" "yes" bam, done, etc. same as confession...sounds great.
But the realist side of me knows there is no way in hell it would work and it would be a horrible violation of the constitution. And i may actually pull out a slippery slope argument for the "Isnt the pursuit of truth more important then the 5th amendment?" argument. In theory, sounds nice...in practice...wow, what a way to wipe out every amendment one step at a time...
Personally, i think the justice system is corrupt in some ways, but i have seen it work far more times than i've seen it fail. Admittedly, the failures were a bit more high profile, but i still have to believe it works on a fundamental level.
not sure what i can add to this w/out repeating what everyone else says..
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Chris
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