Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Fix The System

When systems are failing, it may become necessary to exacerbate the failures in order to fix the system.  Many parts of the criminal justice system are failing.

Go to Trial
... More than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury. Most people charged with crimes forfeit their constitutional rights and plead guilty.

 “The truth is that government officials have deliberately engineered the system to assure that the jury trial system established by the Constitution is seldom used,” said Timothy Lynch, director of the criminal justice project at the libertarian Cato Institute. In other words: the system is rigged. ...

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