As someone who
works with prisoners on a regular basis, I get the opportunity to read a
wide range of criminal and civil cases that are happening in this
country right now. In viewing case after case, responding to letter
after letter, I have realized that I am viewing a monologue of an
oppressed generation. The court systems, legal systems, police systems
are in a state of disarray and confusion currently. This is probably the
worst time in Modern American History that you could ever be arrested. I
am sorry if you already deal with this problem, my prayers are with
you. Really it almost seems like there are more ways to be damaged in
this country than there could ever be potential remedies. What if 1000
people legitimately won 10 million dollar settlements today? We would
have to print more money. What about tomorrow?
I am not saying that the civil justice system is unnecessary, quite the contrary. There are people who are damaged by corporations and our government that have no means of remedy. The civil justice system should be the remedy, based on common understandings of the law in America, but the civil system is broken, so it cannot provide the remedies.
I guess the most important point I want to make is: the world of 1980''s America was a world that you could say that most prisoner's were guilty and that most convicts were really bad people. This is not the case in the world today. Private Prisons are big business, and when cash flow becomes the most important piece of the Justice Pie, the whole thing turns to rot. A large portion of those up on charges, or incarcerated today are easily identifiable AT FIRST READ OF THE CASE FILE as having their due process rights violated. Keep that in mind as you see them in their orange suits cleaning trash off the highway. Some of those guys are the victims.
I am not saying that the civil justice system is unnecessary, quite the contrary. There are people who are damaged by corporations and our government that have no means of remedy. The civil justice system should be the remedy, based on common understandings of the law in America, but the civil system is broken, so it cannot provide the remedies.
I guess the most important point I want to make is: the world of 1980''s America was a world that you could say that most prisoner's were guilty and that most convicts were really bad people. This is not the case in the world today. Private Prisons are big business, and when cash flow becomes the most important piece of the Justice Pie, the whole thing turns to rot. A large portion of those up on charges, or incarcerated today are easily identifiable AT FIRST READ OF THE CASE FILE as having their due process rights violated. Keep that in mind as you see them in their orange suits cleaning trash off the highway. Some of those guys are the victims.
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