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user-inactivated · 3442 days ago · link · · parent · post: Amidst the celebration of the SCOTUS ruling on marriage, there are some extremely disturbing statements in the dissenting opinions
If I gave the matter enough thought, I imagine I would end up advocating for the abolition of cases being thrown out due to 'mistrial'. Why throw them out completely? Why not start over minus the mistake?^ Sometimes that's what happens but often a mistrial is what allows a criminal to walk away free. That's a good example of right and legal utterly failing to intersect. One of many. Since the genesis of the Age of Reason, laws have been what people chose to replace religion as the arbiter of morality. I submit that we're not doing as well as we think we are. Got a long way to go. ^occasionally there are rational reasons for this, but I don't really like any of them