Jurors swept up in 'CSI Effect'
TV makes them expect too much, prosecutors say
Here we have law enforcement whining because jurors are expecting every possible test, and for everything to wrap up in an hour.
But it's the job of the jury to be skeptical...indeed, more skeptical about the law itself than they generally think to be or are allowed to be. We have this legal principle: "innocent until proven guilty". And given how many cases are bullshit non-crimes (black-market retailing of psychoactive drugs, for example), sparing a few people from prison because the prosecution didn't make its case isn't such a bad thing.
Cop shows are infomercials for the justice system. It would be interesting for once to see a cop show where the cops, prosecutors and judges are all corrupt, and the only suspense was in how badly the accused was going to get shafted. Don't they run a show something like that at 6 every evening?
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