I feel that the legal system is fair and flawed. One of the things that I like about the legal system is that it is broken down into a legislative, executive and judicial branch of government. The legislative branch consists of elected officials who have the responsibility for passing the laws that represent the people, the executive branch ensures that all enacted legislation is enforced and the judicial branch determines if there have been violations of the law. “The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish” (Essentials of Business law, Anthony L. Liuzzo, J.D., PH.D. page 9)
The judicial branch allows for different levels of courts. At the federal level there are district, appeals and supreme courts. At the state level there are trial, appeals and supreme courts. At the local level there are municipal, justice of the peace and magistrate courts. Each of these courts serves a purpose. The court system allows us to take our case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow us to have a just and fair trial.
I believe the legal system has failed when it comes to how we handle our criminals. Once criminals are jailed they do not stand a chance making back into the real world. The legal system needs to do a better job at reforming criminals. I feel that the jails are an animalistic society. Inside the jails there is survival of the fittest. There has got to be a way that we can reform criminals so that they can make it back into society without ever wanting to commit another crime. We also need to somehow find a way to get criminals back into society so we can eliminate overcrowding in our jails.
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