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llmart

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Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Wed Sep 21, 2022, 09:12 PM

Sep 2022

I think a lot of us regular people believe that our justice system is the best, just as we were taught that our country was the best. I was very naive about the law and judges and attorneys, etc. Then I found myself in a courtroom several times and all my illusions about how the law worked flew out the window. My attorney was a very ethical and knowledgeable attorney and one time she said to me not to believe that all judges are smart or that all judges are ethical. That shocked me. I think I had some idea that attorneys weren't all ethical, but judges? I'm much older now and have worked in a law school and I know that there were a good number of students who did graduate that I questioned if they could tie their own shoes. I kid you not.

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The Leticia James lawsuit, happy as I am to see it, does more to confirm my cynical view... [View all] Silent3 Sep 2022 OP

Ask every NY AG that served while this criminal was committing his crimes. It was well known. onecaliberal Sep 2022 #1

Yes, I'll love to know the answers there Silent3 Sep 2022 #3

The prosecutor resigned over it and said there was a mountain of evidence to convict. onecaliberal Sep 2022 #5

Alvin Bragg will likely do little or nothing. He showed his true colours already. Celerity Sep 2022 #18

I tend to be cynical also, Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #2

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2022 #4

+1 llmart Sep 2022 #6

I don't believe most people actually believe our justice system is the best. Claustrum Sep 2022 #7

That's probably more true these days because of our access to a larger world of news and information llmart Sep 2022 #23

The REAL smart ones just don't brag about the cheating. czarjak Sep 2022 #8

DURec leftstreet Sep 2022 #9

The world is a screwed up place. everyonematters Sep 2022 #10

Trump has been a one man audit of the entire US gov't. And we failed it. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #11

Well, NY State gov't has stepped up to the plate. Duppers Sep 2022 #14

It is a step in the right direction. Time will tell how it plays out. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #19

Absolutely true. nt Duppers Sep 2022 #20

OTOH, if you sell loose cigarettes on the street, you may get a death sentence. nt wiggs Sep 2022 #12

That was the first thing I thought of. Duppers Sep 2022 #15

Ok, you're right, but this had to start somewhere, and NY AG is probably a good place. The shell is lindysalsagal Sep 2022 #13

"Justice delayed Duppers Sep 2022 #16

Unfortunately it'll never look like that Silent3 Sep 2022 #22

Look at directing your complaint to about our "so-called justice sytem," imo for shame. Hortensis Sep 2022 #17

I didn't forget anything Silent3 Sep 2022 #21