simosfrostyone
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Meh. I think our justice system, at the trial level, could be greatly improved by giving the judges more independent investigative power in certain types of cases instead of having them just act as theoretically impartial referees. It would also help if we actually funded our court system at a level commensurate with its status as the third coequal branch of government. Instead what we get is endless procedural delaying tactics, scorched earth litigation tactics, and a criminal justice system where the wealthy pay for leniency and the poor get hammered because the adversarial system only works if both sides can afford a quality advocate.
I'm as cynical as anyone, but maybe you haven't been before a lot of judges? I definitely don't want them acting as investigators. That is also completely impractical--unless you want to turn the judiciary into a quasi-executive branch. I think we know that ends up. As far as the inherent unfairness of a system where wealthy people have access to superior service--can you name any societal sphere where that is not the case?