I find the thought of judges deciding guilt or innocence horrifying. That it would lead to unthinkable outcomes in the US. Jury trials are one of the most important freedoms ever extracted from the ruling class.
Judges appointed by politicians/other bureaucrats would lead to very bad faith, cynical people being appointed, or elected. The judges in the US are quite corrupted for the prosecution. They pretend to believe the prosecution and cops, and support direct violations of the bill of rights that no reasonable person would think are not violations. They by and large are cynical and think the Republic is already dead, it’s only the citizens that either don’t know it, or are contesting it. For all of their faults, you want them deciding guilt and innocence before old boys appointed by the network.
I may be wrong but I think judges are not elected nor politically appointed in Brazil (I think the exception is the supreme Court). They are like other public jobs that you have to pass an exam and compete with other candidates.
Well that is good at least the most serious ones are. The UK was the birthplace of modern jury trials, and they cancelled them for charges up to 3 years in prison. Their “left” politicians under labor did it at that, (after the tories did up to 1 year in prison in 2020,) after they sabotaged the workings of the courts to create backlogs, and used the backlogs as en excuse to cancel jury trials.
Most of west europe has them to lesser degrees than the UK and US and the like.
I find the thought of judges deciding guilt or innocence horrifying. That it would lead to unthinkable outcomes in the US. Jury trials are one of the most important freedoms ever extracted from the ruling class.
Judges appointed by politicians/other bureaucrats would lead to very bad faith, cynical people being appointed, or elected. The judges in the US are quite corrupted for the prosecution. They pretend to believe the prosecution and cops, and support direct violations of the bill of rights that no reasonable person would think are not violations. They by and large are cynical and think the Republic is already dead, it’s only the citizens that either don’t know it, or are contesting it. For all of their faults, you want them deciding guilt and innocence before old boys appointed by the network.
I may be wrong but I think judges are not elected nor politically appointed in Brazil (I think the exception is the supreme Court). They are like other public jobs that you have to pass an exam and compete with other candidates.
In Brazil, only crimes against life such as murder or manslaughter are put before a jury.
Well that is good at least the most serious ones are. The UK was the birthplace of modern jury trials, and they cancelled them for charges up to 3 years in prison. Their “left” politicians under labor did it at that, (after the tories did up to 1 year in prison in 2020,) after they sabotaged the workings of the courts to create backlogs, and used the backlogs as en excuse to cancel jury trials.
Most of west europe has them to lesser degrees than the UK and US and the like.