Do you think the U.S. Law System is fair and Why?

Question

Best answer will be awarded 10 points. Think carefully. Be honest.

Answer 1

I think that your question would best be answered, "sometimes." Ultimately a person's opinion on this subject will depend upon the definition of "fair" that person is using. If fair means "always correct," then the answer is no, because the system is not infallible. If fair means "more often than not reaching a conclusion that most people feel is correct," then yes, the system is fair.

On a personal level, a person who wins a case is more likely to think that the system is fair than the loser of that case, who is more likely to think that the system is unfair. Likewise, even a winner will feel that the result is unfair if the path to that victory was prohibitively long and expensive.

Another possible definition of fair rest upon the extent to which the system provides equal protection to all litigants. If one looks at the fact that all litigants are subjected to the same rules, it could be said that the system is indeed fair. Likewise, if it is observed that the same rules are far more burdensome on some persons than others (a large corporation with a large legal staff versus the individual they are suing), then the system does not seem fair.

One thing is certain: the system is not perfect. The question is whether these imperfections are enough to cause a person to believe that the system is unfair. In absolute terms, no, the system is not fair. In relative terms, I believe the system is fair in that I am not able to conceive of an alternative that would not raise equally serious flaws.

Answer 2

why not ask the thousands of people who have went to prison and many executed when they had not did anything wrong at least not what they were charged with, consider the 47 men who were convicted and sent to the electric chair in Ill , where it was proven later the cops lied , the prosecutor lied and he knew the cops lied, he also knew some of these men were not guilty, he is now the states Attorney General and no cops ever indicted?? or the Rampart fiasco in Los Angles where the cops were committting the crimes and putting the blame on others,a rerporter got onto the case and called in the F,B,I, who investigated now thousands of cases have got to be retried , and how long did some of these men spend in prison for crimes they didn't commit? America has the higest conviction ratio
98.8 % than any country in the world and have the most
prisoners than any other country in the world today, more than
China or North Korea, and you ask if the courts are fair? the answer is HELL NO, not unless you can buy justice,
our ignorant jurors even those who are not professionals don't believe the cops or prosecutor would lie, when history proves they aer the worst and best there is, also, unless you are rich enough to buy justice by means of a good attorney at least $100.000 to start you will be Appointed a public defender
commonly known as ( public pretenders) who are paid by the state do exactly what their employer pays them to do "get you convicted" O,J, Simpson spent over $7million dollars for his defense, can you come up with that much money?

Answer 3

No its not fair.Say two persons are charged with the same crime,one has a long criminal record and the other has no criminal record at all.The one with the long criminal record cops a plea and the one with a clean record gets F**KED.I've seen that happen too many times.

Answer 4

It is, because we're trying.