mick745 wrote:Iranu wrote:mick745 wrote:When people complain about our justice system i simply ask what other country's justice system would they rather live under? Although the UK's isnt perfect by any means (which is?) it is a damn sight better than lots of places.
Well yeah but that doesn’t mean we should just be happy with the way it is or that we can’t complain or wish it was better.
“I’m not happy with what the WST have done to the UK Championship.”
“Would you rather be watching golf then?”
No its not perfect but hopefully anomalies in the system are constantly looked at and improved if necessary. Obviously it is important we dont have political interference and the judiciary is independent of government. But independence will sometimes mean it goes rogue. But it is in all our interests that it is as good as can be, hopefully none of us will be wrongly accussed of anything. If i am i am confident the law will be on the right side and justice will be fair. Of course 99.9% of the time it is, it is the one case in 1000 that we hear on the news where things may have gone awry.
I got to do jury service last month as it happens, just got into 1 courtroom but I wasn't selected, oh well. Yes I can believe it's at least less crooked and biased than USA's system, with a majority of the supreme court being religious fanatics & obviously money talks in all walks of life too much there. My first job was in local government, finance admin for legal services, I can tell you the admin was a mess. Yes I know you'll say could be worse, no system is ideal. Lack of funding is often a big reason for under performance.
Funnily enough 1 of the days at Wood Green, where my crown court was, I was eating lunch at McDonalds & there was a lookalike of Shaun Murphy there! He had facial hair though, I was part tempted to ask if it's him though he moved to North Ireland didn't he? He wouldn't need to be there other than for the Masters.
Yes rape is tricky though if done forcefully I'd have thought with 21st century forensics there'd be clues someone was taken against their will, if they struggled there would be evidence. Though yes a lot of victims freeze so forensically it appears consensual so is a pickle.
JB, yes I heard in Guild Wars 2 a SA who was promoting it as the best place on earth how he's been pistol whipped before, spoke so blase about it like it's like missing a bus and it's his fault lol for going out alone at night!? I'd hate to imagine how unsafe it is for girls there then! Has more guncrime per capita than USA.