about justice

Virginia 2022-04-22 07:01:05

The plot at the beginning is very simple. First, the airline boss finds out that his wife is having an affair, and then shoots and kills him. Then the case, which seemed to be a certainty, was taken over by the prosecutor who was about to replace the shotgun with the cannon.
Everything went smoothly. The airline boss didn’t hire a lawyer first, then didn’t defend himself. He skipped the legal process to the last step, convicted or innocent, and compressed time to the limit. However, there was something wrong with the prosecutor, and the pistol found at the scene was not the so-called murder weapon. In this incident, witnesses saw the killer in the same room as the victim, and then heard gunshots, but it turned out that there was no direct evidence (pistol), and nothing was left.

This can reflect a problem, namely: procedural justice does not represent factual justice. In order to establish a system of maintaining justice that maintains an objective and neutral nature, people actually begin to tie their hands and feet. In a court that attaches importance to evidence, only because there is no murder weapon, the procedure cannot be established, so the murderer can be acquitted openly.

There is also a line here as a fulfillment: You look closely enough, you'll find everything has a weak spot where it can break , sooner or later.

In this way, it seems that sometimes it is better to change life than life. Going through the procedure and proclaiming justice will always be a play directed by elites. Well, as a result, the film has an open ending. It doesn't really matter whether you are convicted or not, don't you think?

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Fracture quotes

  • [last lines]

    Judge Pincus: Are the people ready, Mr. Beachum?

    [Beachum nods]

    Judge Pincus: Very well. We will now proceed with opening statements. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, what you hear...

  • Willy Beachum: It happens right? People wake up, it's not impossible.

    Resident: What're you gonna do, keep asking the same question different ways so you get the answer you want?

    Willy Beachum: [shrugs] I guess. That's what I do.

    Resident: Hm, I knew I should've gone to law school.