07-11-2011, 08:43 PM
Why the fuck have a justice system if you're going to second guess everything?
The way I figure it, the jurors sat through 5 weeks of trial, having all the evidence available presented to them personally by the prosecutors, and examined by the defence. If, at the end of that time, they felt the prosecutors had failed to convince them of guilt then that's more likely to be an accurate assessment than any judgement any of us can make based on the few snippets of information that have been carefully selected and crafted to grab our attention by newspapers/internet news sites with advertisers to keep happy.
But perhaps we should just let the police publicly execute whomever they tell us did it? It would be a lot faster and more entertaining, and it would give us all a satisfied feeling which allowing people to actually review the evidence sometimes defeats. And, hey, it's not like the police ever make any mistakes.
The way I figure it, the jurors sat through 5 weeks of trial, having all the evidence available presented to them personally by the prosecutors, and examined by the defence. If, at the end of that time, they felt the prosecutors had failed to convince them of guilt then that's more likely to be an accurate assessment than any judgement any of us can make based on the few snippets of information that have been carefully selected and crafted to grab our attention by newspapers/internet news sites with advertisers to keep happy.
But perhaps we should just let the police publicly execute whomever they tell us did it? It would be a lot faster and more entertaining, and it would give us all a satisfied feeling which allowing people to actually review the evidence sometimes defeats. And, hey, it's not like the police ever make any mistakes.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."