us legal system

Do you think our justice system should institute mandatory sentencing guidelines where judges have no discretion at all? (but perhaps a lowering of the sentences themselves and they take into account prior criminal activity) Or do you like the present system that has a min and a max sentence...

Nevada high court: O.J. jury questions should have been public! By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Jury questionnaires in last year's O.J. Simpson robbery-kidnapping trial are subject to public disclosure and should not have been kept from the news media by the judge, the Nevada Supreme...

This is a spin-off from the Amanda Knox thread and some of the comments about the differences between the system used in the US (adversarial) and that used by many European countries, like Italy (inquisitorial). A simple definition: I know that in some jurisdictions the two systems can...

Your thoughts please.

Some people are arguing that the 9-11 suspects, and others accused of terrorist acts around the world, do not have the right to a jury trial, a lawyer, the right to see evidence being used against them, and the right to present evidence and witnesses in their defense. But I believe, that for...

Outdated & absurd. How a bunch of ill-informed amateurs are supposed to decide guilt & innocence has always astonished me, but things seem even worse now. 30 years ago, nearly all employers allowed employees to attend jury service on full pay. Now, it's the government and very few corporates...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/04/america/web.1204detain.php Jose Padilla Tortured? I see no possible good outcome for our country.

From slashdot, today chongo writes "Orbital Development has filed legal action against the United States by filing a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in Federal Court. After NASA's NEAR probe landed on the asteroid 433 Eros, Gregory W. Nemitz, who claims to have owned the asteroid since the...