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To: Jim S who wrote (2267)	10/4/2006 11:58:18 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

A legal system should seek justice through truth. When considering the commission of crimes, holding the perps who commit crimes responsible for their actions is an absolute necessity. It allows the rest of the members of society to view the justice system as effective at resolving incongruency. It encourages the rest of us to live according to decent and honorable principles. It is becoming more and more common to see perps being excused for their actions because of circumstances that had something to do with their character formation. When we excuse the actions of the perp and blame others or the circumstance, we risk trading blame for responsibility. When the system becomes overly bogged down, as ours currently is, we see compromises to the over riding intent of the justice system. We see perps released from jail with out really having reconciled their offense. We see plea bargening going to extremes, some perps who commit serious offenses are let off with a slap on the rist, others agree to take responsibility to a lessor guilt which may have little relationship to the crime. In other words the system itself actually encourages them to fiddle around with their honesty in front of the court. I have done some informal surveys with attorneys I meet. It has been universally agreed that telling lies in court is not dealt with criminally (via perjury charges). Seeking the truth takes a back seat to getting some sort of satisfactory compromises between litigants, and keeping the officers of the court on good terms with one another. In addition, when the justice system becomes a toy of radical politicians (a current risk) we are dealing with a whole different forum.