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Wow, just when you've thought you've heard it all. I'll be the first to say if I wasn't still a juvenile for this would be kinda funny. In my opinion a fair trail for these judges would be to send the them into the court room with a three minute time limit for there defense with no lawyer present. I'm sure that is a case some of those kids who love to see. But seriously, It goes to show that when some one trusted with a position of judicial power becomes corrupt things can get real bad real fast. It can takes year to find out what has happened and much longer to fix the damages, it just seems like these people don't realize that they are dealing with real human lives here. This is a prime example of why we must use great care when choosing our judges. I'll end with a question, who is in charge of reviewing judges to make sure they are not corrupt or abusing their own power?
"I'll end with a question, who is in charge of reviewing judges to make sure they are not corrupt or abusing their own power?" - Good question, I think the legislative branch has the power to start a trial and impeach judges, so they are basically the ones who would do the reviewing.
Interesting article, it is true we probably associate corruption too much with the legislative and executive. It really didn't occur to me that the people who uphold the justice system could have flaws too.
It is sad that they would abuse the juvenile system though, they are basically using their power to ruin prospective lives. The worst part of this is that it is so close to home, coming from Pennsylvania. I think another thing we commonly associate with corruption is that only the extremely influential can abuse their power, but it can start as close to home as a city mayor.
This article made me face a very scary dilemma. I ask you to consider, that if you were a judge and someone offered you a substantial amount of money to convict someone and you knew you that this person will most likely never effect you the rest of your life, would you not take the money? Albeit that they were children and this could effect most of their lives, I am willing to say that most people, morals aside, would take the money to make the conviction. This is the major problem with American Politics. If money is the root of all evil, then were is the tree? You could wax philosophically about this, but it's stupid. So I'll close with C'mon, C'mon, love me for the money. C'mon, C'mon, listen to the money talk
Besides ROF's obvious fascination with 80's hair band, he is also wrong on the most people would take the $$$$ feeling. I would argue the significance of the story is just how rare this really is. Judges are held to a higher standard and abuse on this scale is rare--and that's a good thing.
I would also disagree that money is the root of all evil. I think covetous behavior: the unsatisfied wants of people to "keep up with the Jones" is the cause for corruption.
Lastly, there is LESS oversight in the juvenile justice system, which allows more abuse. That lack of oversight is supposed to allow kids to have more flexibility. The reality is-----less rights.
After reading the article (ok looking at the picture and reading the caption) I feel like crap being a Pennsylvanian since we had crappy judges like that. I hope they stone that guy.
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Wow, just when you've thought you've heard it all. I'll be the first to say if I wasn't still a juvenile for this would be kinda funny. In my opinion a fair trail for these judges would be to send the them into the court room with a three minute time limit for there defense with no lawyer present. I'm sure that is a case some of those kids who love to see. But seriously, It goes to show that when some one trusted with a position of judicial power becomes corrupt things can get real bad real fast. It can takes year to find out what has happened and much longer to fix the damages, it just seems like these people don't realize that they are dealing with real human lives here. This is a prime example of why we must use great care when choosing our judges. I'll end with a question, who is in charge of reviewing judges to make sure they are not corrupt or abusing their own power?
"I'll end with a question, who is in charge of reviewing judges to make sure they are not corrupt or abusing their own power?" - Good question, I think the legislative branch has the power to start a trial and impeach judges, so they are basically the ones who would do the reviewing.
Interesting article, it is true we probably associate corruption too much with the legislative and executive. It really didn't occur to me that the people who uphold the justice system could have flaws too.
It is sad that they would abuse the juvenile system though, they are basically using their power to ruin prospective lives. The worst part of this is that it is so close to home, coming from Pennsylvania. I think another thing we commonly associate with corruption is that only the extremely influential can abuse their power, but it can start as close to home as a city mayor.
This article made me face a very scary dilemma. I ask you to consider, that if you were a judge and someone offered you a substantial amount of money to convict someone and you knew you that this person will most likely never effect you the rest of your life, would you not take the money? Albeit that they were children and this could effect most of their lives, I am willing to say that most people, morals aside, would take the money to make the conviction. This is the major problem with American Politics. If money is the root of all evil, then were is the tree? You could wax philosophically about this, but it's stupid. So I'll close with C'mon, C'mon, love me for the money. C'mon, C'mon, listen to the money talk
Besides ROF's obvious fascination with 80's hair band, he is also wrong on the most people would take the $$$$ feeling. I would argue the significance of the story is just how rare this really is. Judges are held to a higher standard and abuse on this scale is rare--and that's a good thing.
I would also disagree that money is the root of all evil. I think covetous behavior: the unsatisfied wants of people to "keep up with the Jones" is the cause for corruption.
Lastly, there is LESS oversight in the juvenile justice system, which allows more abuse. That lack of oversight is supposed to allow kids to have more flexibility. The reality is-----less rights.
To reply to Hoover's previous statement:
Metal is not dead man!
I LOVE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Dolla Dolla Bill Yall,
Dolla Dolla Bill
After reading the article (ok looking at the picture and reading the caption) I feel like crap being a Pennsylvanian since we had crappy judges like that. I hope they stone that guy.
This article aside, there is a more pressing discussion at hand.
Hoover seems to be under the delusion that AC/DC=Hair Metal. I am here to say that this accusation is completely unfounded.
Rock on!
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