We are (most of us anyway) bound by the constitution and the laws built around this magnificent Document. It was designed 235 years ago with its design is to provide an opportunity to judge and be judged by the commoner (a Jury of our peers), with intent of delivering justice as they see it. Some of us have firsthand knowledge of the legal system and how it is so easy to levy guilt by the simple assertion and a court filing. The system has been built by attorneys, for attorneys and has a myriad of loopholes, rules and “what if scenario’s” so they can engage in their “Legal Games” (as described by an attorney). The Constitution grants the accused the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, why has society lost this principal and knows guilt is a given?
The State of Florida made the choice to seek the death penalty; therefore this invoked a clause that stated guilt must be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. They got greedy, sloppy and attempted to leverage the media in this which convinced the entire US that Casey Anthony was guilty of murdering her 2 year old child. The State failed to connect the dots for the jury, therefore, by law the jury could not pass the verdict that all of us just knew was going to occur.
We are a nation of laws that are designed to deliver fair and equal justice. Sometimes it works so well we brag to the world how great our legal system is. Other times it seems to fail so badly we quietly pull our head back into our shell and hide in shame.
Our legal system is broken, it is far too easy for a hungry attorney to put his needs in front of the legal “code of ethics” (might I add, decency) and accept cases that have no business being in the system. There is no benchmark of proof that must be vetted prior to a lawsuit. The result is an overworked, plugged up system that is so turned inside out that it is ready for a complete overhaul. Meanwhile the “legal games” continue, the attorney’s make billions, and the desire to fix it has been lost to the politician speech material archive file.
