Comment on No criminal charges over British woman shot in US

• LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Grand jury decisions aren’t remotely the problematic part.

  This is wrong and it’s what I responded to.

  A grand jury refusing to indict might mean the evidence wasn’t sufficient or it might mean the prosecutor didn’t really want an indictment.

  I’d personally say cops, prosecutors going for the easy win, the structure around plea bargains, judges made by selection, judges elected with no knowledge or experience required, etc, play far bigger roles in the problems with the system of justice, but sure.

  Personally I’d say the issue with the US justice system is that it’s a system full of problems and Americans seem to think ranking them is more important than addressing all of them.

  None of these problems has a “bigger role” than the others because if you fix one the system is still broken. This is just one representation of the endemic issues within the US system of government.

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  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Don’t fix anything because so much is broken” and “All problems are of the same importance” are not, and will never be, philosophies I subscribe to.

    You do you bud.

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    • LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I didn’t say “don’t fix anything because so much is broken” so it seems like you do subscribe to it since you brought it up.

      I’m just trying to keep up with you moving the goalposts. First it was “grand juries aren’t remotely the problematic part” to “they’re not the biggest problem”.

      You asked why I commented originally, I explained, then refuted you with a source. Don’t get mad at me for your own spurious claim.

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      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        By comparison to the other issues they arent remotely problematic.

        Nothing i said is contradictory, so you can cut that crap now.

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