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DEBATE 101

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Faithful blog reader BTDT says in a comment that we have the greatest system of justice in the world.  Rumpole responds: Hooey. This system stinks to high hell.  1) Capital punishment. 2) Capital punishment for the mentally ill. 3) A sentencing system totally out of wack driven by Hollywood fear mongering that stirs up moronic legislatures. Which  brings us to 4) Minimum Mandatory sentencing. Our system vests more power in the hands of a 25 year old prosecutor than the 55 year old judge she is prosecuting the case before.  5) Sentencing and "the trial tax". Sentences so out of wack that even experienced lawyers tell innocent clients to take a plea to avoid the judge imposing an outrageous sentence after trial. 6) How many innocent people exonerated from death row? Since 1973 there have been 130 people released from death row because of  proof that they were innocent...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).