Judicial Dysfunction

by publicvoter in Current Events 3 years ago

This article by Carissa Byrne Hessik makes a very important point about the way our judicial system functions. We have legal system designed to prosper professionals like any other so-called capitalist venture. From mega-lizards in silk suits to public defenders, the judicial industry is awash in money. The result of our legal system is that some people are entrapped to profit others. We legislate environments of poverty and addiction that motivate desperate people to commit criminal acts. When caught, they are processed through our legal system like products being manufactured for private profit. Like just about everything else in our current socioeconomic design there is a perpetual push for greater profits, which causes greater crime and chaos. That's why the fundamental design of our economy must be corrected to serve the public.

Aside from the visible social nuisance of the drug-addicted rabble terrorizing our streets, there are many other hidden dangers inherent in a judicial system that processes people for profit. We need to provide people with adequate prosperity to prevent them from doing desperately stupid things. If people are provided a prosperous alternative to their criminal behavior and still choose to ignore it, then, appropriate incarceration measures would be justified. Currently the system motivates more profits for some by processing others. The design of our legal system increases corruption for some and desperation for others. The result of that is what's happening now. As our economic classes increasingly divide by design, the political solutions will become more obvious, yet ironically, more difficult to attain.

But now I'm rambling. Carissa's focus is a bit different than mine but right on the money. The article describes a system of plea-bargaining for efficient processing, rather than a judgement amongst peers as provided for in our constitution. Check it out here: