I think our legal system is inept. There are a lot of problems with it. It's not perfect. How do we fix it? That's not my department. I don't hate it. I plan on not really participating too much in it. However it's there.
I don't understand how/why most people get so invested in these cases. They act like they are directly related to the verdict. Can't believe that someone got off/was convicted.
So like today with Amanda Knox. I never heard of her until today. I didn't care. I don't care really. Until everyone is tweeting about it. I don't know the full story. Again, I don't particularly care to know it. She was held in Italy for four years due to some mistrial and other difficulties and today was determined not guilty and let go. Everyone seems so excited.
However, that forgets the whole point of the trial - someone has died. And how did they die? Someone probably murdered them. So while Amanda Knox may not be the one who did it, someone did. And yet our focus is on if they did or didn't.
Same thing with Casey Anthony a few months ago. She got off. People are mad because the believe she did it. Of course it looks like it, but did she really? Who knows. People get so angry and upset. Maybe they should focus their frustration on trying to find the real killer, because at the end of the day, there is a poor child who didn't get to live the life it was given.
Some of the fascination might be because it's real. The same way I've been talking about sports as the ultimate drama because it's unscripted. These cases aren't scripted (although they are scripted into a Lifetime movie.....). It's not what you'll see in a episode of Law and Order or whatever show. It's real. These are people's lives. Amanda Knox was in jail for four years for what determined to be something she didn't do. But how does this affect my life? It doesn't.
I suppose I'm harsh. I should care more about the people in this world. I ask how the outcome affects me but people will think I'm weird when I can't sleep because the Red Sox didn't make the postseason this year. You could make the same rationalization. I have no real connection to the Red Sox. Okay I lied, maybe I do. People can create that feeling with anything - including a cases in the legal system. Everyone's allowed their own interests. I just don't understand the interest in the legal system. You'll never hear of Casey Anthony in a year. You'll hear of the Red Sox every year. But again that also depends on where you come from/your background etc.
I know this post makes no sense, as I just criticized one sect of people and then rationalized it. However it gets back to our greater point - the ineptness of our system. There are so many parts of the process and so many things that make it all a fraud. I don't believe in the death penalty because I believe that there's the possibility that someone could of been innocent. But nobody knows for sure. So the idea of spending four years in prison and then dropping the case is nothing compared to when you are executed and then they find that you're innocent after the fact. Then it's too late. But don't worry - your family can sue and start the legal process all over again!
Let's just stop killing each other and get along, yeah?
