Ok, I know all about the "innocent until proven guilty" and "everyone deserves a fair trial" stuff, so spare the lecture
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peep4000 — 15 years ago(May 25, 2010 12:08 PM)
Exactly, Red. The plot did seem to contradict itself, though. The cops and courts weren't too upset about Julie's rape and murderthey certainly wouldn't be very upset about a good for nothing s**tbag like Robert Doob. I doubt Karen would have spent the rest of her life behind bars (considering), but she undoubtably would have spent time. That FBI agent was not warning her against it to be evil/condescending. Their job is simply to enforce the law. If you read between the lines, she was giving her a way to do it without getting in trouble. Yes, it's a screwy system, but we must have lines drawn somewhere. If we opened the door to allow civilians to kill to justify a murder, you think it'd stop there? Not on your life. It would continue to open doors, to allow killing for anythingsoon people would be killed just for looking at somebody cross-eyed. A civilized society would never last if we did that. Again, the system is far from perfect. But it's there to protect the rights of citizens. Every single individual. No matter who it is.
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Avwillfan89 — 15 years ago(July 07, 2010 12:57 PM)
Al Pacino made a very good definition in the film And Justice For All.
"What is justice? What is the intention of justice? Its intention is to make sure the guilty are proven guilty and the innocent are freed. Sounds simple right? Only it's not that simple. The problem is both sides wanna win, they wanna win regardless of the truth, justice exc.. winning is everything." -
TheFatDruidofNacyl — 15 years ago(March 16, 2011 05:15 AM)
She seemed to enjoy her victory so I don't think it was simply she had to do the best job because it is her oath. I do feel she likes to win and will do it at any cost. Kind of reminds me of the Devils Advocate.
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taylorje — 14 years ago(September 16, 2011 08:03 AM)
Reminds me of a movie called "Final Justice" starring Annette O'Toole. She plays a woman who kidnaps the defense attorney who got her brother's killer off. She forces him, at gunpoint, to get into a dog kennel in the back of her SUV. He says "I really don't do my best work in kennels." The movie is not a comedy, just that I think this scene is hilarious.
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Catnip86 — 11 years ago(December 25, 2014 09:28 AM)
Yes, I hate it too.
A criminal chooses to attack an innocent person who fights back. Criminal is arrested, but both need to go to the hospital.
Criminal now has right to health care because he was arrested for the crime he chose to commit. Criminal does not pay one cent for heath care. Care is paid for by law-abiding people.
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Catnip86 — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 08:30 AM)
Unfortunately, that's not how it is. Bleeding hearts decided that since "we" are "keeping the poor dears locked up" (just because they raped, murdered, etc) they should have rights no law-abiding person has.
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GIRobotII — 10 years ago(December 04, 2015 10:49 AM)
Believe me, OP and everybody else here, I hate the system too. But defense attorneys are important when it comes to innocence and guilt in a courtroom. Even if they'd personally just as soon have nothing to do with an accused, they have to do their job and represent them to the best of their ability. Objectivity must take the place of subjectivity (personal biases, emotions, etc), no matter what the case is about. How that woman felt about Doob personally was beside the point. She probably was revolted by him. Nevertheless, she had to defend him to the best of her ability, regardless of any personal feelings toward him. Just like a doctor has to treat a patient the best they can, no matter who it is. Hippocratic oath. If it wasn't for defense attorneys, innocent people would be punished unjustly. Just as guilt must be exposed and punished, innocence at the same time must be protected.
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crakatoot — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 06:43 AM)
That's the problem with this movie. Rarely do people exist that are just pure evil. Most crimes are committed do to desperation, drug addiction, mental illness and other mitigating factors. The idea that this guy is just pure evil and killing him is completely justified is nonsense. It makes us, the audience feel better but it's not reality.
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Catnip86 — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 08:55 AM)
Yeah, because everyone rapes and murders. Oh, wait. Well, everyone steals because they are too lazy to work. Oh, wait.
But let's have no consequences for chosen actions. That will make people act right! Oh, wait.