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Should Judicial System Work for All?
Today’s Waco Tribune Herald ran a story on a DWI case which was not pursued against Richard Ferguson, a candidate for Waco’s 10th Court of Appeals. Being a savvy attorney, Ferguson worked the system by not submitting to a field sobriety test and breath sample thereby making the case about his word versus the police officer.
So the question I ask today is: Does our judicial system work for everyone regardless of race, status, or prestige?
Since many of our laws written are based on biblical principles, one would think that it should because God is no respecter of persons, right? From a moral standpoint, God created laws in order to make sure all received equal treatment.
My personal convictions tell me that all should be treated the same.
Job 31:15 makes this clear when stating:
Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?If God made both rich and poor, then under our judicial system all should be treated equal. How many times have we seen celebrities be given preferential treatment? I believe it should not be this way. God created us all equal and we should be treated the same way. A person who does not have the means to hire the best representation should be given the same opportunity as one who has the means to hire the best attorney! What are your thoughts?
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By mb
January 8, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
That is all true, I agree!
By Shannon C Sowder-Gonzales
January 8, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
Unfortunately, I have to agree. The other point I’d like to make is this: “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6 I feel that the case you are referring to is a prime example of this. An attornery would know what he can and can’t get away with legally; the average person would not. One would argue that this information is available to anyone who took the time to look into it…but what happens when you don’t even know where to start? This of course overflows into many other areas in life, and as we know, it’s not fair.
By ar
January 8, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this
Correct. Man was created equal, but because of choices made by man, we now live in an imperfect world. Unfornately man has a very poor track record of treating one another equally. Our system of laws was made by the power elite and they know how to use it better than the rest of us. But, God is the great equalizer, nothing gets past him.
By Fred
January 9, 2008 3:05 AM | Link to this
There is a higher justice than the Police, courts and the Criminal Justice System; it’s God’s Justice. What goes around comes around. In other words….we all reap what we sow. A violent man dies a violent death; those who live by the sword, die by the sword. Sometimes God’s justice takes longer. God hands out God’s justice in God’s own good time. No one escapes God’s justice.
By DR
January 9, 2008 3:42 AM | Link to this
To keep it simple, no its not fair, but it happens. Should they have special treatment??? not at all. It does reinforce the idea that people of other classes, races, etc.. continue to enjoy the special privledges that some do not have. Is it wrong? Yes based on scripture and based on law. Even the President of the United States are not above the law. Nixon and Clinton tried to do it by claiming executive priviledge and immunity when charges and law suits were brought on them. The highets court in the nation said NO WAY GUYS! So our local officlas should not either.
By KDF
January 9, 2008 7:53 AM | Link to this
Scripturally speaking, morally speaking, no it is not correct for the overly rich to be allowed to go free by technicalities such as affording good attornies, not taking the field tests, etc.. Several years ago it was I who was guilty of DUI. I did not take the field tests (but was obviously drunk), paid a lawyer several thousand dollars, had the DUI stricken from my records, all to find that anyone who truly need to know, such as insurance, DPS, whomever, that I was a guilty drunk-driver. Circumstances prevail as God’s words states. I should have said “guilty” and moved on. The truth speaks as Jesus wuold have us speak.
By Pastor Joe
January 9, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
This response goes out to KDF. Thanks for sharing your personal experience! That is what makes this blog different from all others. Even thought the law let yor off. Your personal comviction now tells you different.Keep tuning in and sharing with us-I really appreciate it!