Andrew L. Urban
If a bus carelessly runs over a pedestrian, we rightly expect the driver to call an ambulance – and he or she does so. We also demand that the driver be punished and better trained. The criminal justice system doesn’t take the same attitude when it is claimed* to have wrongfully convicted an accused. The accused becomes roadkill, often still lying by the side of the road years later. The self policing legal system closes ranks, more concerned it seems with protecting its all-important reputation than healing its victims. Continue reading