The Judicial System

    Our Judicial System is the part of “We the People” government that is to provide a fair and impartial justice for all by all.  But I ask you, what is justice?  What is justice for; the people, government, country, planet, rich or what?  What should justice provide for its people; control, direction, boundaries?  Where should justice step in and how far should it go to do its job?  Can a country have too many laws and a judicial system that wants to punish everybody for any wrong?  Why is it ok for one generation to do something and the next generation it is crime?  What should be the end results of the Judicial System for the job and responsible it has? Where is the line between protecting its people from its own government and people abuse; or protecting the country from its own people and government who abuse it for their own benefit?

    Our Judicial System in this country is a joke and for the most part it does not work.  Our Judicial System is more like a catch and release program where its sponsors are the government, businesses, judges, lawyers and everybody else that works in the system; it is just another form of welfare.  The problem is that the Judicial System can no longer protect its people from its worst threat, its own government and leaders.  What our Judicial System is good at, is making this country poorer and the rich richer.  It also carries part of the burden for why the country is in the shape it is today.  As most Americans today believe that our Judicial System has been bought and sold out to the point that they have little or no faith in it. It has been seen time after time that it is not fair, but is manipulated for an outcome to benefit the wrong side or party.   To repair the Judicial System so it will be more efficient, effective and less of a burden on the American people, several things need to change.

    First: There are too many laws on the books, some are completely outdated, redundant and others do not serve the people; they serve the rich or the government at their discretion.  We make laws to override old laws and to fix a problem and the problem still exists. But we never get rid of the any laws that don’t work, we just keep adding to them.  The average American breaks several laws a day and does not even know it until it is too late. Some governmental agencies will use some old law and/or twist it around and abuse it for their own control.  Our own leaders break the laws they make, yet they still expect everyone else to obey the laws they create.  This is an endless cycle that is costing the American people and this country more and it has less effectiveness than ever before.  We need to clean out the law books and make it simpler and the same from state to state.  There are so many holes that have been put in the system that it is amazing we can put anybody away.

    Second: Our court system has gotten to the point that if you have enough money, you can buy your way out of a crime.  Court cases are taking too long from beginning to end, costing (wasting) the tax payer more and not reducing crime.  It seems that the state and federal courts, lawyers, judges and everyone else are more interested in their own welfare and reputation instead of making the Judicial System work right.  The people that are picked for jury have a burden put on them from the financial side to their personal life.  They are expected to drop their life and serve on a court case for days to weeks with very little compensation.  We need to shorten up the time a court case can last.

    Three: The way we execute the punishment has very little bite or effect.  The cost in housing them has gotten out of hand.  We need to stream line the way we issue the punishment.  We need to get rid of the parole system; it has no real purpose or effect.  All it does is put more people on the tax payroll (welfare).  It seems that the people that get put into our prison system never find a way to stay out.  They become a guest with a revolving visit to the big house with few reasons to stay out.

    To fix this system, we need to change and make the laws more uniform throughout the states on the City, County, State and Federal level and state to state.  This should include all categories and the punishment too.
1: Reduce the number of laws on the books and make them more simple.  Not every wrong needs a law for it.
2: Make court cases last no more than  one or two weeks with one month to prepare for it.
3: If found guilty, have the punishment fall into 5 categories by the vote of the people of that state which will house them,
1. You get a warning and no parole.
2.  1 year in prison
3.  3 years in prison
4.  5 years in prison
5.  Death

    When you receive your sentence, there is no appeal and it starts right then.  When you get the death sentence, there is no appeal and you have 30 days until execution.  Only the governor of that state can commute it only once and it will become the 5 year term.  I do not believe in life imprisonment.  If they cannot learn in that amount of time, you are wasting your time and money.  Since the people have to pay the bill for the imprisonment of the person, they should have the choice on how to administer the punishment.  Their time in prison should be hard labor, 6 days a week, 12 hours a day on work details.  They will receive basic health care. They will have very few luxuries in prison and will be self sufficient.

    This may seem a very hard and unfair way to administer punishment, but there are several reasons for doing it this way.  It is cheaper, more effective, less chance for someone to get out of their time.  It is easier on the families of the one doing time and more of a chance of the family staying together.  What you have read here is a short version of what the Judicial System could be.  The lawyers, judges and everyone else can’t get rich of the system.  The more people you tie up in the Judicial System and the ones that work for it, just make the system inefficient.  The simpler the system is, the more effective and efficient it becomes.

    Something to think about is the Bill of Rights; the right to free speech is a cover for the real objective.  This right is not there to give you the right to free speech, but to let someone and groups to produce propaganda for their own welfare or control.  Why is it we are innocent until proven guilty, but when we go into court we are ask to plead guilty or not guilty.  Shouldn’t it be innocent or guilty!

    There is more to this system than what you have read.  Our Judicial System can be more efficient, there is no perfect system.  If you try and micro manage the system, you end up with a system that in turn can’t even do its job or manage it’s self.  The way it is going, sooner or later we all are going to be felons of one degree or another and won’t even be able to have a reason to stay clean.  In the real world, you can not get rid of all crime.  Our leaders/government do not want to reduce crime, they want to keep it in a certain range that benefits them.  The laws they write do not benefit this country or its people, it is to benefit them.  If the crime gets too high, they loose all control and you have total anarchic.  If the crime level gets to low, then they can not justify their job and the laws they impose on us as they do.  Sooner or later, there is not going to be enough people to build and run this country, because either they are going to be in prison, working for the government, have some handicap, have a rich daddy or on some form of welfare. Thank you for reading this article.


R. E. Fleharty