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Originally posted by Charlie:
I'm not knocking the US judicial system per se...
But how can travesties of justice on this scale happen in a country as advanced as the USA?
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Well, quite simply, the USA as a whole isn't all that 'advanced'. Some areas are highly industrialized, with complex judicial systems and a genuine level of cultural refinement. Others are essentially still living in the 1800s, with all of the old hatreds and primitive methods of social control (ie: fear, segregation, privilege). Being way out in the backwaters allows for some outrageous travesties of justice, as you have pointed out. Out of sight, out of mind.
But this isn't exclusive to the USA of course, it's like this the world over. Let bigots reign unchecked and you end up with a society centred around bigotry. Funny that.