THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD

(12/05/2006)

The Game: Trial by Chance - Chapter Two

By Carrie K. Hutchens

While some big corporations are bullying around and taking advantage of the fact the little guy doesn't have the money and attorney access they do, various courts and prosecutors seem to be doing their fair share of bullying and playing by "tipped" rules as well. Apparently some don't care who they get, as long as they were able to get someone and claim the case is closed.

Let's look down in the land of Florida where a judge was able to sentence a disabled woman (Terri Schiavo) to death by starvation and dehydration. Apparently it is legal to starve and dehydrate people down there, but not dogs. Ask Donald H. Bryant, 54, who is out on $40,000 bail after being arrested for the death by starvation and dehydration of three dogs in his charge. (The fourth lived.)

It is the same Florida where Judge Farnell fined Lucy Hadi, Director of DCF, $80,000 for not moving inmates, who have been declared incompetent, out of prisons fast enough. Farnell apparently sees himself doing whatever it takes to make DCF follow the laws and rules and protect the vulnerable. Of course, this is the same Florida where Judge George Greer refused to allow the DCF to be able to follow through on an investigation of a disabled individual's plight. DCF is apparently wrong if they do and wrong if they don't. Throw the dice and see what rules come up for the day or the case. Spin the wheel -- where the court order goes no one knows.

Texas doesn't fair much better. It is the state of the "futile care law" that seems to have gotten out of hand and is being taken wrongful advantage of. I see it as "Run out of money -- suddenly run out of hope for survival law". Nevertheless, it doesn't stop at the health care doors. Trial by chance can sneak up on people who are just going to work one day and suddenly find themselves at the wrong end of a gun barrel. Ask Gary Scales and the others who had the cards stacked against them by prosecutors no less.

According to the report by Jeremy Rogalski/11 News   prosecutors in Texas are allowed to decide what is exculpatory information and therefore "they" can ultimately decide what they will and won't turn over to the defense prior to trial. And the safeguard for a fair trial is where? Why don't we just let the prosecutor's decide who is guilty and have everyone go straight to jail without passing go? Would be just as fair.

People are people and can readily make mistakes. That includes prosecutors -- even the best of them.

When did the "act" of winning start over-shadowing a true and fair conviction? What good purpose does it serve to convict the wrong person? Society benefits how? It doesn't. Never has! Never will!

On the other hand, a wrongful conviction may make a prosecutor's record look good for a coming election or that higher up job he/she has in sight, but that is about the only benefit to anyone. A selfish benefit that serves only "self", while others, including society, pay dearly for it.

There was a time that it was the duty of the prosecutor to bring it to the court's attention if evidence came to light to prove the innocence of the person charged. That is how it should be. Otherwise, the prosecutor is not winning on the merits of the case... not winning because the person is guilty... but winning because he/she is simply playing the information better than the defense. That is not justice. That serves no purpose. It is evil and wrong and makes the prosecutor and anyone else involved nothing better than the worse criminal they ever prosecuted.

How can we trust a judicial system such as ours has become where it is trial by chance with the rules ever changing? We can't!

Carrie Hutchens is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is active in fighting against the death culture movement and the injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.