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A judge has the “power” to issue a warrant, which is just a piece of paper, that allegedly gives a stranger with a gun “authority” to break into your home and steal your property. Then you are forcefully taken to a trial and are told that this same judge is impartial. But this judge gets paid by the state that is attacking you and the state makes no money unless you are extorted. And if you can’t afford a lawyer, one is provided for you by the same state that is attacking you. Huh? How can any of this be considered a fair trial?

Comte de Sats Germain 10mo ago

Good points. I wish I knew more about how it works. I especially wish I knew more about when a jury is not used.

Two more things stand out as injustice, IMO :

- the use of multiple laws about a single criminal act to multiply the alleged crimes and the punishment. They basically blow it out of proportion and turn the law into terrorism - terrorism is the use of violence to control a population. That's exactly what our justice system does.

- the death penalty. It doesn't matter if someone "deserves" death. Killing them removes any possibility of new evidence or circumstances coming to light which would justify their actions, or repudiate the allegations. Killing the defendent also introduces a bad incentive - corruption can be covered up by killing the would-be whistle blowers. Considering how obvious these problems are, I must conclude that anyone advocating the death penalty is an objectively evil person, and if it is truly out of naivete, then they are statists and are complicit with evil.

IMO, the evidence is overwhelming that our justice system is actually an injustice system.

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MAHDOOD 10mo ago

Very good points. I would ask you to think about who the victim of these “crimes” are. For example, if you tint your windows too dark in your car, who is actually harmed by this? Not very clear if anyone is. On the other hand, it is very clear who is harmed in the event of theft. In that case, justice would be to make the victim whole. Return the stolen items and compensate the victim for any loss of productivity in the absence of those items. If someone stole my car and destroyed it, I’m not getting justice when that person goes to jail. I still need a car lol

Comte de Sats Germain 10mo ago

Exactly, those are also great points. Justice is making things right - what we have is, at best, a revenge system.

MAHDOOD 10mo ago

And the revenge system has bad incentives because the revenge is profitable to someone. Someone benefits when people go to jail for longer sentences at the expense of taxpayers.