You make a good point. I think the justice system is like
the umpire at a
ball game. He calls it the way he sees it,
but he can't get it right every
time, that is humanly
impossible with a baseball whizzing by at 80 mph or
more.
One day I visited some folks in a small town, and was
invited to
watch a local baseball game. My friend and his
team were playing the away team.
As we awaited the arrival
of all the players, it was discovered the person
delegated
to be umpire was unavailable. The game could not proceed
without
somebody impartial to call out the strikes.
I was horrified when they
turned to me and asked me to be
the umpire. I protested that I had never done
this before
and was unqualified for the task. They told me just call it
as I
see it and don't worry if I make mistakes. Even a
novice umpire was better than
none at all from their point
of view. For them, the game would be unworkable
with no
umpire at all. That would just lead to endless bickering and
destroy
all the fun.
The justice system provides so much more. There are many
layers of appeal possible, so that in theory they can get it
right in the
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