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Originally Posted by Ceri JC
So, that only leaves the following bit of my statement, "It's an inevitable consequence of our failing judicial system that people will take the law into their own hands."
Again, I hope you now see that I don't approve of it, but that I do believe our judicial system fails (far too often) to do justice and people (wrongly) choose to take action to rectify this themselves.
Wow, that was a long one!
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you see this is what I like about this forum, no flaming but a complete and well thought out rebuttal.
Anyway, Ceri I think that you may have misinterpreted what I was getting at. I dont disagree that there are many cases where the sentencing/punishment metered out seems to us disproportionate to the crime. But I stand by what I said, as your statement above, to me, suggests that our judicial system is failing wholesale, which I dont believe is the case.
I never thought you approved of it and I apologise if you thought this is what I was saying.
On the point of your friend, the way you describe it would appear that the sentence was totally unacceptable. But this is only on your statement, the whole point of the judicial system is that as much relevant evidence and witnesses are brought forward, presented and cross examined. It is then up to the jury to make a decision on the guilt or not of that person. No system is without flaws and whether you agree with it or not, the jury obviously felt this was the right decision.
In short, the media as always, only concentrate on those flaws giving a false picture of the true day to day workings of our system of Justice.