Are Technicalities Destroying Justice?

This passage critiques the modern legal system’s focus on technicalities over substantive justice. Minor procedural errors, once considered irrelevant, now frequently overturn convictions, regardless of overwhelming evidence of guilt. Charles Peters cites cases in New York where a convicted burglar and a guilty dentist were freed due to procedural quirks, despite strong evidence against them. The author argues that such overemphasis on legal technicalities undermines moral accountability and erodes public confidence in justice. Courts increasingly prioritize the “game of law” over right and wrong, and without a return to a justice system grounded in moral and ethical principles, both freedom and justice are at risk of collapse.

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