I wish what trials like this would do (and I’m not really for showing the proceedings on tv as they happen—I think there must be a better way than the circuses we have now) is to get the public to clamor for some changes in things like the way juries are selected. Is it REALLY the best idea to let the lawyers have such a hand in choosing jurors? Was this really what the original system had in mind? I somehow don’t think so.
When I see the system at work, truth and justice and fairness are never the words that spring to my mind. But the lawyers sure seem to like the status quo...
I agree. The way juries are selected is the problem. Perhaps judges should select the jurors.
One could argue that that poor, unfortunate little tyke is probably better off where she is now. Can you imagine growing up in that psychotic, deranged family?