Confrontation

I have always been a person that speaks my mind. I engaged in a couple of debates regarding Floridas's "racist justice system today". As to be expected, folks resorted to name calling and non sensical responses. It's much of the same type of response I got in our last presidential election. It makes me understand why the division between citizens of this country runs so deeply.

If we had a justice system that ran on emotion only, there would be very few convictions of criminals. Everyone commits a crime for their own particular reason that they've fully justified in their own mind. Our system serves to evaluate their justification in relation to laws. A judge clearly communicates them to a jury and conditions beyond a reasonable doubt must be proven to convict.

A case is far more than the judge, jury, and defendant. Lawyers play a signicant role in the outcome. It is their job to present the information related to the case and attempt to sway the verdict in their favor. While it seems they have nothing but money at stake, that is far from the truth. Their egos alone are more important than money.

Every verdict that is made in their favor sets a precedent for all similar cases that follow. Don't ever lose sight of that fact. Some lawyers are better than others. They get paid accordingly. It's their job. It's not personal, it's purely business.

I say all of this to make this point. Yes, our justice system has its faults. Yes, it's made up of questionable characters. Yes, it could be better. But until such time, it's all we have. And until we make the sacrifices of ourselves to work tirelessly to change it, we don't have any right to sit back and play arm chair judge, jury, and executioner.

Yeah, so back to what I was saying about being confrontational...