what are some problems with our judicial system? What about the previous judicial systems that existed? ...?

Question

what are some problems that we've fixed and what are some problems that remain to this date?

Answer 1

The War on Drugs,

The War on Drugs,

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The War on Drugs.

Or, more accurately, the War on People (who use/sell/import/grow drugs that aren't manufactured by the greedy multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical giants who overcharge for their products and channel MILLIONS into the coffers of the Republican and Democrat National Committees and their respective candidates' political campaigns and action committees)

In light of the fact that the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, an organization whose members enjoy substantial income from drug defendants, is so strongly opposed to the drug war as to issue a resolution calling for its end should tell us that something is very terribly wrong with the criminal justice system. Why else would they want to slaughter the goose that lays the diamond-studded golden eggs?

Answer 2

The U.S. criminal justice system is, like health care, a total cluster suck. When, after the introduction of DNA testing it is found that 10 % of the death row inmates are in fact innocent, even after all those appellate protections,
Something is seriously wrong. The first wrong is that prosecutors are not in any way reflecting community conscience except in some carefully selected show cases. When the defendant has no (monitary) defense, throw the book…jail em and forget em. They have a mountain out of a molehill conviction oriented mentality that has created a situation whereby over 30% of convicted felons (Stat’s form the U.S. Innocence Project) are in fact innocent of the charge or should have been convicted of a far lesser charge. The other problem is the hard line mandatory sentencing laws tying the hands of judges.
The solution? Repeal mandatory sentencing in all but capital cases, and return our fate in criminal cases to the jury by exposing ALL information and evidence to them and take away their blinders, the concept of criminal law the founders of our Constitution had originally intended.

Answer 3

-after you are charged you remain in custody before your trial unless you post bail
-the judge decides what is admisable evidence and what is not
The system decides if you can afford representation or not
-If they decide you cannot, you recieve the services of a public defender that is over worked and underpaid and will just have you plead out
-The system encourages you to plead guilty and take their deal however if you don't they will seek the maximum penalties if you are found guilty. WHAT?
As to previous systems, which countries are you referring to?