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Date Posted: 11:56:14 02/17/07 Sat
Author: Deemus
Subject: I'm with you on the doubts, and it isn't the first time. There seems to be less emphasis on court procedure and evidence than we saw in JAG. I keep watching, hoping to get more about JC, but it's getting harder to wade through the rest of the show. Does this show do only murders? One thing I liked about JAG was that they had other crimes, too, and even some shows without crimes. Oh, well, I guess I'm just showing how I'm missing JAG...
In reply to: JAG Junkie (Ronda) 's message, "Does anyone else still feel unsure about the outcome of last night's case? The show just didn't convince me that the truth prevailed. Inside" on 11:36:09 02/17/07 Sat


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[> [> [> Deemus, I like the show anyway. It always has a twist which I like. I never got that in JAG which I always watched just for Harm. -- judi, 13:54:40 02/17/07 Sat [1]


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[> [> [> Welcome to the real world of criminal justice!! (inside) -- highplainswoman, 13:57:28 02/17/07 Sat [1]

I've forgotten how many legal dramas I've read/seen where there's a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes (only one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices--served in the Civil War and, I forget which president--was appointed to the Supreme Court) that's used time and time again: "This is a court of law, not justice."

At the risk of sounding just a bit "pompus"--and at least like a college prof, justice is an after effect of the process in the judicial system--which is why the "technicalities" that drive a lot of people rather batty is so important. There are some real life cases where all the evidence is extremely circumstantial, where there's never a confession, etc. And that's one of the flaws in our particular legal system, too--the skill of the attorneys is often times what determines the outcome. Which is why I personally have such a problem with the public funding--or lack thereof--of the Legal Services for the Poor--and the Public Defenders' office(s). And I'm not going to get started on THAT!!

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[> [> [> I really like that its ambiguos sometimes. I dont like knowing in the first 15 minutes what is going to happen. I have seen other eps that I felt the same way about. So even tho' the episode was Jimmy lite tonight, it was still worth watching. -- mkim I got a kick out of Ed charming that nurse.(I know it almost blew the case, but he was cute), 14:34:46 02/17/07 Sat [1]


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[> [> [> [> Well, I agree that I don't want to know right away what is going to happen. I enjoy all the twists and surprises. But the idealist in my just wants to know that the truth has prevailed and justice has been served in the end. I usually get that satisfaction, but there have been a couple of eps where I just wasn't sure at the end. -- JJ (Ronda), 17:42:09 02/17/07 Sat [1]


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[> [> [> [> [> That should be "the idealist in mE". -- JJ (Ronda), 17:42:45 02/17/07 Sat [1]


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