Rand Al'Thor:
Peace be with you!
I was called for jury duty once (when I was 18) but they didn’t need most of us that day, so we were sent home.
This woman beat and stabbed an infant to death, threw the body in a quary, and covered it up for 7 years. Then she admitted that she did it. And you jump to her defense “well, we don’t know WHY she did it!” It doesn’t matter why she did it. She murdered her own child. It is impossible for it to have been an accident based on how the child was killed.
No, I did not jump to her defense. I tried to explain to you why the results may have occured as they did. You are the one upset about the disparity between the act and the charge, and between the act and the sentance. You seem to want perfect justice, and I have no bone to pick with your desire. I am simply trying to show you some of the practical, real world problems in the justice system.
Rand Al'Thor:
And before anyone else comes in to give me “pointers” on the law: I work at a law office, my uncle is a lawyer and used to do criminal law, and I’m going to apply to the Police department probably within the next year. I do know how the law works. Read my previous paragraph again, slowly. Think about exactly what this woman did to her child and then think about why you are defending her. Whether it was an “accident” (b.s.) or not, she meant to inflict harm upon an infant.
And I would suggest that you re- read my posts. Nowhere did I suggest it was an accident.
If you want to be a police officer, that’s fine by me, as we always need good, honest police. But if you have a major problem in how the justice system worked in this case, you will either need a good healthy course in reality therapy, or a different vocation. I am not trying to snow you under with my expertise in the justice system; I am just trying to show you how the system actually works. If that is not acceptable to you, then for all of our sakes, don’t become a police officer. I have already had my fill of police officers who got fed up with the system, and because they could not make a case against people they “knew” were guilty, they manufactured evidence against them. Why? They got frustrated with the realities of the justice system and all its imperfections.
If you can’t deal with the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Again, I invite you to re-read my posts. You do not know all of the facts of the case, but only those the newspaper chose to write about. You are making judgements concerning facts of the case of which you do not know, and you are effectively passing judgement on the DA’s office and the judge in this case without being privy to what actually went on. She well may have had a partial mental defense. And if not, there may well have been other evidentiary issues with the case that would cause good, honest, hard working justice seeking attorneys and judges to come to the same conclusion.
It is a rare circumstance that an individual is convicted of all of the possible crimes that could be associated with a course of conduct, and it is a fact of life that plea bargaining is going to occur. If you believe that results in injustice, then you do not belong in the crimninal justice system; you won’t be able to take it and your role in it. You will have too much frustration to find pleasure and satisfaction in what you do.
I am not suggesting the system of justice has no room for improvement. I am suggesting that instead of complaining about the injustice of this case, you either suggest a better system, or start donating (a lot, if you want meaningful impact) to the justice system.
