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Originally posted by cheerios
I'm actually w/ Dude on this one. and it's part of a trend i've been seeing lately. what's with the militant vigilate justice theme i've been seeing lately? we create structure and courts adn law enforcement to ENFORCE TH LAWS, and punish those who can't follow them. Why can't we let those people do their jobs? The guy should get what's coming to him, as prescribed by law. No more, but certainly no less.
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I understand your point and it is well taken.I think the vigilantiism displayed is partly because the justice system has failed miserable on so many occasions.
In my city recently,a woman blew her husband away while he was sleeping, and she claimed years and years of mental and physical abuse on his part.Interestingly there wasn't one police report in support of that,no women's shelters ever heard of her and her own family didn't have a clue about anything she said.The charges were dismissed and she walked out of court a free woman.
Not far also from where I live,a Catholic priest was on trial for decades of alleged child molestation charges. Several of the victims so enraged by the cover up by the church,the police, politicians etc,. that they took their own lives.The case was dismissed because the judge said it took to long to get the case to the courts.It took two years.Interestingly,the priest is the brother of a Senator,who just happens to be good pals with the Prime Minister.
I think when the courts stop relying so much on the individual rights of the accused and more to the victim's, that mentality may change.But it won't as long as the accused are treated with kid gloves for fear of offending them to the point where they become the victim.