Username2324 said:
akuma587 said:
Username2324 said:
For the China comment, we're not in China, our system is very different from theirs.
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Do I need to explain to you why our system is so much different than theirs? Because we value defendant's rights far more than they do. If we didn't, we WOULD live in a country that was more like China.
Look at our Constituion. How many times do you see the Founding Fathers put shortcuts in the Constitution for law enforcement? How many times do you see the Founding Fathers make it harder to convict people of crimes?
A system without these protections would fundamentally change our way of life. You say we should "restructure" our appeals process. Maybe we should just get rid of the Bill of Rights? Or the ex post facto clause? And double jeopardy protection?
People take all these rights for granted until the government starts taking them away. Everyone innocent person who ends up in prison never thought it could happen to them. They know their government would never do something like that! I find it laughable that conservative people don't trust the government to do anything, unless of course they are waging war or prosecuting criminals.
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Restructure as in reduce cost, if you had read my posts you might have seen that. I mean do those judges deserve 10 million a year? Should those lawyers make $20,000 an hour? That's where all the money goes.
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Lawyers have to waste (in terms of earning money) 4 years of their life and $20,000-$100,000 dollars of their money in college. ON top of that, 3 years must be spent in law school, which is both rigorous and expensive. After that, only the top lawyers make the salary you posted. Being a lawyer is a bit like a torunement; the average pay is $65,000 or so a year. Top lawyers amke hundereds of thousands to millions, but they work 10-12 hour days, which is brutual.
Lawyers deserve every penny they make.
