Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 22, Period 1, 03.30.06

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Still more relatively light stuff. Still more likely non-respondiness at work. Class Info Post.]

"Hello, class! Today we'll be talking about one of the most important figures in the Justice System: The Judge."

"The judge is the Mayor of Justice City. He tells the police they can arrest an evildoer, referees the trials that determine if a person is innocent or guilty, looks off to the side when a superhero causes minor property damage while fighting The Good Fight, and looks keen in a snazzy black robe. The judge is, simply put, the guy to be!"

"Judges get to be judges by being keen lawyers first. If they do their job and impress people enough, they can upgrade from their position as mild-mannered attorneys to become Kings of the Justice Hill!"

"Once you are a judge, it's your right and responsibility to look at the law and make decisions based on it. So while they wield a lot of power, they also have to be careful about using it because it can be used as precedent."

"Today, I'd like you to just talk about judges and the court system a bit. Also be sure to take a little bit of time to work with your group! Your project is due Tuesday!"

Comments

Re: Talk, Take Notes, Pass Notes, Etc. [Class 22]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much."

Re: Talk, Take Notes, Pass Notes, Etc. [Class 22]

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"So if we get rid of the entire judical system there's less chance of evil do-ers gettting away with it?"

Re: Talk, Take Notes, Pass Notes, Etc. [Class 22]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Well, then either ALL evil-doers get away with it, or we have to take more drastic measures that could threaten our freedom."

Re: Talk, Take Notes, Pass Notes, Etc. [Class 22]

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"And sometimes it's the cops that have messed up--they've contaminated the evidence, or violated the evil do-er's civil rights during the arrest. But that's a judgment call that society has made, about treating the evil-doers as people even after they've been arrested. It's the judge's job to make sure that society doesn't become someplace you wouldn't want to live, even if there are no evil do-ers running around doing, er, evil."