Comedian facing tribunal over a joke

[mellenORL]

So in two weeks you found that the most serious flaw in the Canadian free speech laws is no elected judges?

...Which is a good thing.

Honestly, the way USA elects law enforcement officers and judges is scary and leads to horrible, HORRIBLE results.

It made sense maybe way back when the country was all small settlements and "cities" were really just large towns, and people knew who the fuck they were voting to be a judge or a sheriff. Now, it's very often a case of: "Who? Okay, well he is a (Dem, or GOP), so I'll mark their box." And if the candidates are vying for a strictly non-partisan seat, it's still up to mostly clueless voters.

[Askold]

Also it has been proven that the elected officials prepare for election year by being extra rough on crime to gain some more votes and avoid doing anything that might risk those votes.

...In other words, if you commit a crime on a certain year you get a heavier punishment than normally and you are also more likely to be wrongly imprisoned.

[mellenORL]

District attorney's are by far the worst offenders in those scenarios. Just egregious miscarriages of justice during many election years.

[Askold]

DISTRIC ATTORNEYS! That's the thing I was trying to remember. Unless Hollywood and TV shows have lied to me (again) 23% of all murder cases where the charges are dropped in USA are because it is an election year and "the DA ain't gonna take the chance of losing a case."

...Luckily in most cases some loose cannon cop is going to leave his badge home and go shoot the murderer while saying some cheesy one-liner. (Just as the founding fathers of USA intended.)

[Canadian Mojo]

District attorney's are by far the worst offenders in those scenarios. Just egregious miscarriages of justice during many election years.

I think sheriff Arpaio might be a challenger to the title of worst offender.

[mellenORL]

As a one man band, yep, he wins hands down.

[Tolpuddle Martyr]

Also it has been proven that the elected officials prepare for election year by being extra rough on crime to gain some more votes and avoid doing anything that might risk those votes.

...In other words, if you commit a crime on a certain year you get a heavier punishment than normally and you are also more likely to be wrongly imprisoned.

Sometimes being "extra tough on crime" means "convicting people whether they're guilty or not when you damn well know they aren't".

To a non-American like me it looks like a glaring fault in your system when your prosecutors have an incentive to commit perjury to keep their jobs come election time.

[The_Queen]

Also it has been proven that the elected officials prepare for election year by being extra rough on crime to gain some more votes and avoid doing anything that might risk those votes.

...In other words, if you commit a crime on a certain year you get a heavier punishment than normally and you are also more likely to be wrongly imprisoned.

Sometimes being "extra tough on crime" means "convicting people whether they're guilty or not when you damn well know they aren't".

To a non-American like me it looks like a glaring fault in your system when your prosecutors have an incentive to commit perjury to keep their jobs come election time.

As a person with a bit more experience in American law than most, the American Criminal Justice system is about as amoral as it gets. IDK enough about other country's laws to say that theirs would be better (and I don't care to read law in my spare time from law), but take it for what it's worth.