Showing posts with label Criminal Law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Criminal Law. Show all posts

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Justice Miscarried

When people don't act in good faith the burden falls on proof, which is expensive and is often elusive. Justice gets miscarried like in the following case. A few years ago, San Jose Mercury News carried a series of articles on similar wronged convictions. This is the reason i said earlier on social media that: The paradox of law is that its spirit lies in good faith that is beyond proof, while its practice is deep rooted in proof. Vishnu Pendyala

Wrongly convicted man released after 34 years

Monday, January 25, 2010

Government too should show tolerance

Governments should bring out the best persons out of their citizens and may sometimes have to ignore minor imperfections in doing so. Turning citizens into ex-convicts for petty reasons does not do well to anyone. There are better ways to teach civilized citizens to behave. Locking up top executives in jails may add to the lack of entrepreneurship and further impact the economy adversely. Tolerance is as much important to governments as it is to its citizens. - Vishnu Pendyala

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Cleansing

"A government must be clean to cleanse its citizens. An unclean system could further smear a person stuck in it, let alone cleanse." - Vishnu Pendyala