Comments on: Deadly Injustice in the USA : Equal Justice Under Law?

By: April Bowlby

April Bowlby — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:30:45 +0000

This is an issue most will not discuss, but it is very important. We are not profiling by saying the rich can afford better attorneys and experts. This can be collaborated by evidence. Maybe the public defender’s office deserves a little more funding, and then maybe they could get the same experts.

By: Foreign Correspondent (ABC TV) Review < Rambling Thoughts Blog - Neerav Bhatt

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:50:04 +0000

[...] Some of the topics they’ve covered in the past include: CCTV Surveillance in Britain, Kopi Luwack and Deadly Injustice in the USA [...]

By: Forrest

Forrest — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:25:41 +0000

Thanks for a superb post on a very important subject. What you said about “equal justice under law” would be ironic if it wasn’t so true. The most crucial question about American law is usually the least talked about. It’s obvious to say that lives are being lost, and debatable whether they should be … but Voltaire quotes are still relevant here. Until we can prove that human judgment is error proof, we can’t be killing people. And even still, is it the job of a civilized country to kill its own citizens?

Studies have confirmed what you pointed out for more than a decade: people with a public defender are people who get the death penalty, while people who can afford their own lawyer don’t. OJ Simpson is easily recognized proof that justice is for sale like anything else. And I’m just not comfortable with the ethics of life and death being decided over how much money ( and hence access to law ) you have.

By: This was the Week that Was, Vol. 19 | Sephy's Platzish

This was the Week that Was, Vol. 19 | Sephy's Platzish — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:16:23 +0000

[...] From the Road Less Travelled Blog, a couple of clips from the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent: Kopi Luwack and Deadly Injustice in the USA [...]