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by Glawen 2502 days ago
My god, the US judiciary system is so broken in many ways that it is beyond repair.

It is crazy how a company making false claims can ruin you so easily, and you cannot fight back or be compensated.

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> It is crazy how a company making false claims can ruin you so easily, and you cannot fight back or be compensated.

It doesn't have to be a company making false claims. Cross the wrong person anywhere in the world and you can have the police and courts come after you.

No, the judiciary is perfectly sound. The overreaching, self-important bureaucrats in the Executive branches at all levels are the problem.

Like they always are whenever a society let's government centralize and "administer".

To be precise, the problem is deeper than any one branch.

In the US system of government, checks and balances are essential to counter overreaching and abuse from any single branch. If no such checks exist against unjust prosecutions by law enforcement (the executive branch), then by default, either the judiciary or legislative branch must be at fault, or both.

In this case, it's clearly BOTH the US legislature and US courts have been remiss. Both should step in and outlaw any private funding of public law enforcement, as well as require ALL public court prosecutions to abide by the same burden of proof and evidence required of any gov't/DA-led investigation.

To allow the routine "negotiation of guilt" between prosecutors and the prosecuted to circumvent due process certainly is a violation of the Constitution -- something all three branches share culpability for allowing.

> To allow the routine "negotiation of guilt" between prosecutors and the prosecuted to circumvent due process certainly is a violation of the Constitution -- something all three branches share culpability for allowing.

I’ve always wondered why plea deals don’t count as perjury? You’re saying you did something when you didn’t.

Plea deals are usually a reduction in the severity of the same charges.

Causing the death of another person typically comes in the "accidental but negligent", intentional but not premeditated, intentional and premeditated.

Or in final fantasy terms - Manslaughter - Homicide - Homicidaja - Homicidaga

A plea moves you from Homicidaga to Homicidaja.

Man it has very little to do with government and everything to do with your worship of free market nonsense. In a capitalist society capitalists own the government. AKA private power. So the judiary being corrupted to benefit corporate interests is a no brainer since that is the way the system is designed. It is working as intended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9T3w6vrUis

It is crazy how a company making false claims can ruin you so easily, and you cannot fight back or be compensated.

You can fight back, and if you win you would be very well compensated in the form of actual and punitive damages (assuming the insurance company didn't settle before trial).