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The Failures Of Our System

By Brian Tannebaum

Prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, and those involved in the criminal justice system, all have different thoughts on what I refer to as "the failures of our system." But more and more I find agreement. I believe the failures are:1. That we are a victim of the notion that we are all unsafe (This isn't my quote, I heard it from a doctor sitting on a panel discussing the state of our system. It is truth at its finest), causing;2. Our system to be based on a media driven perception of "what the public wants" by congress and legislatures, many of whose members have never set foot in a criminal courtroom, causing;3. Lawmakers inability to separate those who should not be labeled, and creating;4. A lack of discretion previously held by judges and prosecutors, causing;5...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on August 24, 2007 (boomark / email).