U,
I was afraid your concept of a 'justice system' was seriously
faulty. That is why I asked for an explanation of your assertion that
the 'system' is not faulty. And you validated my fear. It IS very
faulty!
If you look up Webster's English Dictionary, it will tell you
that a 'system' is 'an orderly, interconnected, complex arrangement of
parts'.
Typically a justice system would be much more than a judge as
you perceived it to be. It would include the laws, investigative
apparatus ( the police, CBI etc.). a prosecuting apparatus ( in the US
it is the District Attorney's or the US Attorney's office), the court
system ( lawyers, clerks, sherriff's office, magistrate etc.) , the
judge and a jury system ( in the USA that is --I am not sure India has
a jury system) and the penal ,system ( jails, prisons, halfway-houses,
work-release programs, parole system, etc.)
I will tell you a bit more about it later. At the moment I am
falling asleep on the key-board. Good night all.
cm
At 12:40 AM +0000 3/1/06, umesh sharma wrote:
I meant that the judge will decide a case based on the evidence presented. If no witnesses come forth - or later "trun hostile" under pressure from the other party -- it is the police which is to be blames which cannot protect citizens from thugs. Courts come in the picture later. Thats what I thought.
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>it is not the justice system - the law and order system which is responsible.
*** Can you explain what you assert here and why you do so, Umesh?
cm
At 3:45 AM +0000 2/28/06, umesh sharma wrote:
>I have been following this story like many similar ones - it is not
>the justice system - the law and order system which is responsible.
>If all the witnesses refuse to testify - thanks to threats, bribes >and trudgery of long visits to courts for years - then you cannot
>blame the judges as having biased judgement.
>
>It is similar to mafia rule where witnesses "turn hostile." It
>happened famously in Parliamentarian DP Yadav's sons alleged killing
>of their sister's lover -after he danced "opnely' with her on his
>birthday near Delhi. The deceased was son of a senior IAS official.
>
>Whats the cure. Those who have been in US for long can perhaps
>enlighten how the mafia bosses were rif off.
>
>Umesh
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