On 7/2/13 10:00 PM, thumper wrote:
On 7/2/2013 8:50 AM, Eisboch wrote:

The whole point of the court process is to separate truth from fiction
and produce justice. To that end, even the prosecution's primary
responsibility is to expose the truth, even if it doesn't help their
case.

Sadly I see little evidence of that principle being common practice.
They are quite career oriented and thrive on a high conviction rate
regardless of justice or honesty.


There should be an asterisk after the statement about the "whole point
of the court process..."

* *, and in many cases, produce justice in a criminal proceeding if you
are wealthy enough to afford a team of top-notch private defense lawyers."

Most indigent defendants are forced to accept whatever plea bargain
their public defenders are able to beg out of the prosecutors. Guilt,
innocence and justice often play no role.