What do I think of the legal system.

I think that the legal system is the entity that holds the power to keep things in order in our everyday life, which is necessary for a civilized society. Just as it says in the book, “The Effects of law are felt throughout society. Indeed, some aspects of the law apply to all persons, institutions, and organizations.”(Essentials of Business Law, Anthony L. Luzzo, pg 3.) Everything from our police force, to the high offices of our government, in one way or another there are applicable laws in place to keep the system as a whole in check and in balance. This is the greatest part about our legal system; each branch of our legal system (legislative, judicial, executive) has a specific job and each branch checks one another to make sure that they all abide by the law. It seems to me the system is working so far; even though there can be some hang ups within the system as far as writing, interpreting, and executing law. In the real world this can be a time consuming task due to the complexity of certain situations, and in some cases this process can last for years.
The rights of the citizens are protected to in our legal system; one of my favorite laws is your innocent until your proven guilty in a court of law. Even if you are proven guilty, you have a chance to appeal your case to a higher court. You might have to spend some time in the jail cell, but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel. This law alone guarantees that the government cannot go out and lynch people or prosecute them unfairly. I couldn’t imagine being a part of a cruel experience such as this, I’m sure it happened in the past, but in one way or the other people who commit such acts can be brought to justice.

Myspace Hoax / Absence of Malice - EOC

The major equalities between the Myspace hoax and the movie Absence of Malice, starting with the Myspace hoax, unfortunately there is no law against bullying someone over the internet or accessing computers without authorization. The laws allegedly Lori Drew violated, but these allegations are constitutionally vague. The teenage girl who eventually killed herself because she fell in love with a fictitious boy that Lori Drew created was the only tragedy in this whole case. I wonder why they didn’t try Lori Drew on fraud; she made a little girl believe that she was falling in love with someone who didn’t even exist. Lori even insulted the girl in the emails; couldn’t they have brought up slander charges against her? I’m sure that there is new legislation taking place as we speak on this matter. After the suicide, the little girls’ parents were able to find out who created the MySpace page. Lori was bright enough to leave a trail behind her. Now everyone knows what kind of person she really is, that to me is justice. So, in comparison to the movie Absence of Malice; a government agency was desperate to find a certain figure in society, a man who was in the shore man’s union, and supposedly had ties to the mob. This particular person has been missing for weeks and the authorities assumed that he must have been murdered. The prime suspect was a business man who happens to be the nephew of a crime boss. Under the guise of legitimacy, the government had no reason to question him. A reporter catches whim of the story, reads a file on the investigators desk (placed there on purpose). They print the story, under the protection of vagueness. No one knows who the source of information is, and they were not saying anything slanderous in the article about the supposed suspect. They just wanted the business man to possibly leak information that can help in the case. The key word is “vague”.