Thread: Hunter convicted

Originally Posted by Sidney

Not even close.... that would require the majority of outcomes to be inappropriate, and all you lot are talking about is the headlines, statistical outliers, or your own personal experiences which are hardly statistically reliable and certainly not both sides of any story.

It's no surprise to me that public perspective is distorted, all you know is bad news and no one reports on what functions well. The reality is that on the whole we are well served by the system that we have.

Secondly the amount of ignorance about the role that the courts provide to the community is simply staggering. The lack of understanding of the function of the law, or the roles of the legal profession, let alone the legal requirements to consider issues more than just a victims perspective. Not only is that binding on Judges but profoundly in the interests of the rest of society and for a longer term view...

What is also staggering is the punitive/deterrent mindset of the public in this country. We have more in prison than we have ever had, we have the 2nd largest incarceration rate in the Western world, and the bleaters still can't quite work out that repeating stuff that isn't working is the absolute indication of madness...

There seems to be an underlying perverted idea that if the "justice system" was working then criminals would stop being criminals, hunters would not get shot by their mates, and cars wouldn't leave the road for the footpath with traumatic results. News flash, thats your fault - thats the peoples fault and it starts with individual and community attitudes. Attempting to lay that at the feet of the "justice system" is absolutely missing the point.

Its poor parenting, not caring for your neighbours, not supporting those who need it, not holding your mates and relatives to account for them being dicks, and sitting back and blaming the justice system for the failings.

Convenient but stupid....

@Sidney

You maintain our justice system is not broken? Who, then, incarcerates all those people???

By your reasonable definition, if most incarcerations are inappropriate outcomes, the system is "broken".

I digress, wonder how a justice system would work with no custodial sentencing available. Hopefully more restitution / actual victim compensation, with the odd execution (or exile to Kapiti Island).