Why Do We Need Trials???

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

The purpose of criminal trials is to determine "guilt" or "innocence." Why do we need a trial to determine guilt or innocence in situations where video cameras capture & record a person committing a criminal act?

Why have a trial for some jerk who walks into a convenience store and shoots the store clerk dead if all of this is captured on video? The issue of guilt/innocence has already been determined by the camera. Criminals who have been caught red-handed in this manner should go straight to sentencing, no trial necessary. Furthmore, there should be NO appeals allowed in these cases...straight to sentencing and then implemment the sentence immediately.

Let's start killing the killers in a more timely manner!

Strategos · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:

Because it establishes a sence of fairness to everybody.
The founding fathers established fair trials, because from harrsment from British officials and judges. ( i won't go into specific details) The whole purpuse of the American Constitution is fairness and equality to everyone

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

Strategos · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject:

There are countless cases in which clear evidence like a camera is not present, and its just to make sure the guilty are guilty and inoccent inoccent. Without trials and atleast the image of fairness in a country, you get communism.

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

Strategos · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:07 am Post subject:

Yes, but according to constitution everyone has the right to a trial, and security vids cameras arent great quality, u can edit pic. And though undoubtly some criminals would be rightusly convicted, it would be so easy to frame someone into murder.
The American trial system isnt fool proof but it does try its best to establish justice.

Wallaroo · Congressional Page Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

Wallaroo · Congressional Page Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

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rosiemcmahon · Congressional Page Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

Trials are neccessary to avoid starting to climb the slippery slope to a big brother dictatorship. If you decide not to use trials in certain cases, it will eventually happen that trials are not used at all...this would be terrible...it would tear apart any loosely pieced together justice system this world has.

SunDragon · Congressional Page Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

The naive of America loves the notion of a fair and equitable trial. But let's face it, trials are rarely such. Those with tremendous funds at their disposal and hire talented and well resourced attorneys who could manipulate the pool of jury and then further manipulate the jury themselves to twist the truth until it shatters. And for the poorest of defendants, well, they would be at the whim often of 12 individuals with no legal experience. These 12 individuals cannot possibly have the intelligence and knowledge at their disposal to sort truth from lies, to separate their biases from their decision making, to even consider all evidence in their entirety. Our trial system is a mess because it relies on people. And often poorly educated people at that. Why should we subject people to this manipulable and ineffective system?