Leaving aside all the lively characters, I have seen many people commenting that the show reflects that there are still many imperfections in the American judicial system, and that there are many loopholes that will be exploited, especially in the identification of criminal offenders. , many seemingly solid cases will be found not guilt. The reason is that one of the most important principles that the jury follows is beyond reasonable doubt. When the jury wants to find the criminal guilty, the prosecution (that is, the government) must provide evidence beyond all reasonable doubts. , and the determination of the reasonableness of the evidence is also very strict.
Americans believe that when criminals are prosecuted by the government, the balance of power between the two sides is very different, and the government can use all taxpayer funds to investigate and collect evidence (in other words, it is very easy for the government to frame an individual) , and the suspect can only rely on the meager strength of his family and defense lawyers, so in the face of an unequal state, such as the presumption of innocence, the burden of proof lies with the prosecution, the right to silence, the right of lawyers to be present, and other principles that seem to favor the defendant are actually It's to ensure justice!
In their view, depriving a person of liberty is an extremely severe punishment, even worse than deprivation of life, so when every ordinary American sits on a jury and makes a decision, they will be very cautious, because They can understand what a powerful monster the person sitting in the dock is fighting against, and they have no reason to believe in the monster more.
After reading Boston Legal, you will feel that this imperfect judicial system is based on a consensus of the whole people, that is, personal interests are higher than national interests. From this point of view, there is still a gap between this imperfect system and ours...
When a country no longer deceives the people to sacrifice personal interests for the sake of national interests, when teachers no longer educate students to sacrifice personal interests for collective interests , maybe we are not far from them. And until then, we can see how the Americans do it, because they do it well!
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