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What is the Meaning of "Justice"?

The law blogging world offers two posts today that helpfully show what is wrong about the criminal justice system. First, the posts show that civility has more to do with passive-aggressive rules than honor and integrity. Second, the posts show that lawyers are gagged. In one post, a law blogger notes that a federal judge sentenced a man to one year in prison for saying, "Fuck, y'all." I ain't even fucking kidding. That shit really fucking happened. In an opining affirming the trial court (but allowing the man to go to prison for only six months), the Court of Appeals talked about civility and whatnot. Basically, a bunch of fucking bullshit. In another post, a law blogger notes that a federal judge helped prosecutors break the law. Well, the law blogger doesn't go that far - because it's unethical for lawyers to say such things about judges...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 30, 2010 (boomark / email).