Facebook post prompts new trial of brothers who have spent 25 years in jail for murder
There is a movie titled “Law abiding citizen”. This movie sharply satirizes the holes in the laws existing in our current society. This movie awakens the fact on how many criminals openly evades the judgment of law through the holds in the laws enacted by people. The protagonist is enraged on how the trust can be displaced in the structured system of law. The protagonist vows to seek revenge not only against criminals who has ruined his family but also against corrupt, irrational law and society turning away from the truth. As a result, it brings about a tragedy where a normal citizen ends up turning into a criminal as well. Socrates said that “A law is a law, however undesirable it may be” unjust law is law as well. Laws which are enacted by humans and judged by humans can be applied unjustly to people. All people wonder if there will be fair law that can be fair to everyone. Living in the closure of such law, we often see cases where law is advantageously applied to those with power and even for criminals. As a result, many victims are falsely charged with wrongful accusations. Who will compensate victims created from irrational, unjust judgments? Fortunately, we have sometimes seen cases where victims are rescued by resisting such irrational legal decisions. In the above news article, a woman gained support from many people through facebook to rescue victims false accused and charged for 24 years to gain their freedoms. Because there are people who fight for justice like this, we can live inside the legal structure which can be irrational at times.
Law Abiding Citizen is a great movie, and it exposes the justice system to the greatest extreme. I am not justifying any of Gerard Butler’s characters actions but I am sure those sentiments are felt across the nation for those that were and are wrongfully convicted. It seems as if all one needs is a great lawyer, someone else to blame (medicine, or a troubled childhood), and some evidence gone missing and your ticket for freedom is written.
I think if there is clear evidence that the person is innocent more actions should be done as with the woman i this article that gained support from many people through facebook to rescue victims false accused and charged for 24 years to gain their freedoms. I think ‘We the People’ feel as if we are powerless against the governmental powers that be. Or I feel we either decide to respond to late for example Troy Davis, and plenty other people. But in many of these cases people do not know what is going on because the media is suppressing the information.
But nevertheless this is a great story I just wish there could be more cases like this around America.