As tragic as this case is....A criminal trial is not about “justice for the victim”.
See Allan Dershowitz article clarifying out legal system:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576429783247016492.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
He points out that our western justice system is founded on the story of Abraham who admonishes God to wipe away all of Sodom, the innocent with the guilty. God says if I find 10 righteous, I will not destroy Sodom...then God does not find the 10 innocent and destroys Sodom. That is where we get our moral code , “Better to let 10 guilty go free than condemn one innocent.”
Dershowitz says, “A legally proper result—acquittal in such a case—may not be the same as a morally just result. In such a case, justice has not been done to the victim, but the law has prevailed. “
I do feel Casey should be given the maximum for lying to the police, of which she was found guilty.
Beam me up, Scotty.
Rec X Hip...thanks for the article link. Very educational so truly an example of the greatness of FR!
My submission is that our justice system was based on the idea of judgement of our “peers” when the society (as a whole) practiced the judeo-christian tenets of biblical guidance...I contend that our Founding Fathers did not envision the society of peers to degenerate into “I’m ok, You’re ok”, not responsible for one’s actions, moral equivalency...
maybe, just maybe, jury by one’s “peers” is injudicious these days...
(Pardon the inarticulate explanation - only one cuppa so far!)
Doesn’t he have the Abraham/God story backwards? I thought God planned to wipe out Sodom, but Abraham, whose nephew, Lot, was in Sodom, pled with God to relent.
I happen to agree with you.
I think she was probably guilty, but not beyond a reasonable doubt.
The constitutional restraints on government, and the burden it must meet to deprive a person if liberty is intentionally high.
In a world where government power seems nearly endless, it is comforting to know they can’t just lock us up and send us off to camps on a whim like is done in so many countries.
I think the right to trial by jury, right to counsel and confrontation preserve freedoms for us in ways that we have come to take for granted.
These principles are more important than any one case.
Ms. Anthony will get hers in the end. God is not bound by Double Jeapardy.