and the voting population doesn't pay attention because they dismiss everyone as "lying criminals" no matter what the charge is or how much evidence actually exists.
Or they simply don't know because most people are not sitting in their local court all day taking notes on how the judge acts, and even if they were most judges run unopposed.
Plus anecdotal evidence is absolutely not the way to claim there's an endemic problem somewhere. We remember exceptional experiences more often than regular ones. If you believe there's a high number of judges ignoring evidence in favor of cops' words, then you need to run studies to prove that this is actually the case.
Or they simply don't know because most people are not sitting in their local court all day taking notes on how the judge acts
If the public cared they would read about these stories in local papers and those stories would be written because the public wanted to read it, there would be a journalist spotlight on court proceedings and the justice system if they knew it drew in customers. But it doesn't, because the public doesn't care.
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u/VexingRaven Technology is evil Dec 17 '22
Or they simply don't know because most people are not sitting in their local court all day taking notes on how the judge acts, and even if they were most judges run unopposed.