[brityank]

"We’re the only country in the western world that elects prosecutors. Prosecutors run for re-election based on how many people they put in jail. That doesn’t produce justice."
      -- Alan Dershowitz

Never thought I'd see a liberal spell out the primary fault with the American inJustice System - but there it is.

Before you all get your knickers in a twist - I don't know how to fix it, and think it marginally better than any other system out there.

[Darren McCarty]

Here's the other problem. US Attorneys are appointed and are arguably more political than elected prosecutors. At least I can vote Brian Mackie out of office if he oversteps his bounds.

No system is perfect, but I am starting to see some change and some balance going in the right direction. Nifong opened up a lot of eyes.