r/law • u/bendubberley_ • 15h ago

Legal News The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case is admonishing jurors who are refusing to follow his instructions

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u/JooseTheGuice 12h ago

An incredibly similar thing happened to me and I was forced to make a very similar choice. Sending you love, it's fuckin rough. I've literally lost housing and jobs over some shit I didn't do.

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u/Sad_Mouse_8251 11h ago

My hope is that the whole criminal justice system gets reformed, top to bottom. Starting with prosecutorial misconduct. Literally I want to take down the system and hold everyone accountable.

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u/BangBangTheBoogie 10h ago

It should also be noted that judges are given tremendous leeway on how they run their courts, and outside of public trials can often wield that to whatever bias they may have. Then there is the cooperative relationship with Law Enforcement, even when the LEOs have a history of fabrication or overreach. Every personal account I've had or heard of had the judge unquestioningly taking police testimony as undisputed fact, and relaying to their jury that they are not allowed to question such facts, even if there is good reason to question it.

I don't know if it's for expediency or just precedence, but actual justice is woefully rare in our courts. I understand that practicing law is a complex thing, but I also think it's fairly safe to say that corruption is present and prominent in our courts, and that this dogma of "do not question me or the facts presented" does nothing to ensure consistency or prevent corrupt/apathetic enforcement of said laws.

And all of THAT is still predicated on the laws actually being sound in their intent, which is extremely doubtful given the situations we find ourselves in.