re: Do Children Have a “Right to Hug” Their Parents?

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Prosecutors and public defenders should also have to share the same pool of money. The government should not have all the resources to build a case against a citizen while the accused citizen gets table scraps to defend himself against the government.

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I can see two sides to this.

I think overall I am inclined to agree with you on it, but it's a new idea to me and I might change my mind given more time to consider it.

One thing I have long been an advocate for, however, is professional juries.

The system would stop being as much about about who has the best lawyer if we had jurors trained in legal concepts who had experience in dozens/hundreds of trials. It would stop being so much about who could put on the best smoke and mirrors show by the lawyers because the jurors would see through that nonsense.

Also you could review the records of the jurors to examine them for patterns possibly indicating bias.

I think it would help tremendously in getting to the actual truth of cases.

Plus, I think that the "right" to a jury trial is the one thing the FF got wrong. I don't recognize anything as a "right" that depends upon the state compelling citizens who otherwise have no interest or involvement to participate.