I sometimes think Americans, having watched too many movies, think that police/prosecutors/judges are stupid and gullible because, in the movies the criminal justice system is often useless or worse than useless. In those same movies, law-breakers are either far too clever to even be suspected, or inevit…
I sometimes think Americans, having watched too many movies, think that police/prosecutors/judges are stupid and gullible because, in the movies the criminal justice system is often useless or worse than useless. In those same movies, law-breakers are either far too clever to even be suspected, or inevitably find some legal loophole that lets them saunter blilthely away from prosecution. For myself, if I am ever charged with a serious crime, I will assume that police and prosecutors are competent, and that the only clever trick that will get me out of conviction will be hiring the best lawyer I can afford, and then listening to that lawyer's advice.
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I sometimes think Americans, having watched too many movies, think that police/prosecutors/judges are stupid and gullible because, in the movies the criminal justice system is often useless or worse than useless. In those same movies, law-breakers are either far too clever to even be suspected, or inevitably find some legal loophole that lets them saunter blilthely away from prosecution. For myself, if I am ever charged with a serious crime, I will assume that police and prosecutors are competent, and that the only clever trick that will get me out of conviction will be hiring the best lawyer I can afford, and then listening to that lawyer's advice.