I Believe In Doing Good

[Bretrick]

The granting of bail needs overhauling.
For years now I have watched as Lawyers have done their utmost to keep those people who commit heinous crimes out of prison.
The Law Society is doing such a disservice to society.
Too often playing the “Diminished Responsibility” card to lessen the sentences handed down.
Sure, Lawyers are not wholly to blame, the Judges who listen to their arguments and are duped by those arguments are equally responsible.
Whether it be the granting of bail, minimal sentences, the granting of Parole, our whole Justice System seems biased in favour of the Perpetrators.
It must take a certain kind of person to defend the indefensible.
Time for an inquiry into the Legal System?

 

[Aunt Bea]

I’m good with the concept of innocent until proven guilty.

I still wrestle with the notion of bail and its impact on the poor.

The current efforts at bail reform in my area are not working but I’m not sure how best to change them to protect the public and the rights of the accused.

 

[chic]

I believe everybody has a right to a fair trial. If we are not 'innocent until proven guilty' there is no justice for any of us? I see way too many high profile cases where the defendant is tried and convicted in the court of public opinion and it just seems wrong to me.