- Every person in a court of law deserves to be defended.
Disagree.
I don’t think that we can assume the right to be defended should be given to every person facing the judicial system. For example, Raoul Moat, he murdered several people including his ex-girlfriend days after being released from Durham’s prison. He didn’t know most of these people; they were innocent by-standers whose lives were taken away by one unhinged man. A man, who according to this statement should have the right to be defended, if he hadn’t of committed suicide?! There is no possible excuse he could’ve given for killing all those innocent people, whatever occurred in his personal life is not a valid reason. The crime committed is very much a huge factor and to whether defence should be given. A person on trial for murder, although they acted in self-defence of course deserves the right to be defended, they didn’t set out to kill anyone, they were simply protecting themselves. However a serial killer, what possible defence could be given? A mental illness? This has become so common, blaming unnecessary murders on the mental health of the defendant, however in most cases, complete nonsense! If you’ve committed a crime of such vulgarity, at least after all you’ve done, have the guts to face the consequences of your actions.
- If you are truly innocent then you have nothing to fear from a judicial system.
Disagree.
The judicial system, although necessary and good in many cases, does sometimes prosecute the wrong person. For example if a group of criminals come up with a story and falsely blame another party, it’s their word against the other person’s, the voice of the majority will be heard and therefore the innocent party could be falsely prosecuted, even if they’re ‘truly innocent’, for example in the Scottsboro Trials, although the boys were in the majority and were innocent because of their race and weakened defence, the white girls were of course believed. Another counter example for this statement would be if the jury were to be bribed, or a jury selected unfairly. In such a scenario the jury could be paid a certain amount of money to fix the outcome of the trial. In recent times the judicial system has been branded as ‘corrupt’, ‘useless’ and its importance ‘fading out’. This is because when charged and sentenced to life imprisonment, if you behave, you will most likely serve a maximum of five years as there’s a shortage of prison cells. Most are thinking of the judicial system and the police as a joke nowadays, the respect once shown and trust has vanished, and rightly so.
