I perhaps digress but the new Law and Order series had an episode on last week where it was clear the judge was taking sides vs the prosecution, but he was cleverly sabotaging the prosecution's case in such a way that he would be difficult to appeal or discipline and frankly from my own brief experience in courtrooms, this goes on too much, just from judges on ego trips let alone political agendas let alone incompetent,
now let me state that most judges were fair even if they were cranky or gruff, so long as you argue your case well..
but there is always a percentage of all judges, you have to shake your head.........
like a judge in my hometown, I actually wrote a letter to the editor which got published
a 15 year girl was raped at a party whilst she was passed
out
this is important, the jury found these two guys guilty of rape
the judge gives these guys HOUSE ARREST as punishment, citing the fact the girl was drunk made her partly to blame, that has nothing to do with it..
so I wrote to the local newspaper, great, this judge has just given licence for men to go out and rape with impunity
the lesson being make sure the bitch is passed out first and you can go to town buckos!
of course i didn't even wade in to the landmine that the fact all these people were natives may have had something to do with the disposition of that case
as in you think the judge would have given two white boys house arrest for raping a 15 year old white girl, not bloody likely, or worse, gasp if two white boys had raped a native girl or vice versa,