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Production on the TV series “Justice On Trial” will begin this fall. The half-hour program's premier air date is TBA. Each episode in the series will feature a case of someone who has been wrongly charged or convicted. |
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JUSTICE ON TRIAL HAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASES DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF CASES NOW UNDER REVIEW |
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 THE CSI EFFECT:
A relatively new problem with justice in America has recently emerged. Most of what the public knows about the legal system comes from media reporting and the pseudo-documentaries that purport to depict law enforcement realistically. Known collectively as the “C SI Effect,” the phenomenon affects not only trials but also the public's perception of what happens in criminal investigations. Simply put, “It just ain't so.” The altruism we see in Cold Case Files; the intense investigation we see on CSI, SVU; the reluctance of prosecutors and judges to pervert the legal system we see in “Law and Order” is “creative license” taken by teleplay writers and it is what should happen, but rarely does.
Legal professionals are concerned at the heavy influence of these semi-fictional dramatic presentations on the out com e of trials where “CSI expert” juries base their verdicts on their own “ forensic evaluations” of the evidence. In effect, jurors who rely on the “expertise” acquired by viewing TV-crime programs are overruling the expert forensic witnesses. Courts, though they should, rarely instruct juries to disregard their “TV crime busting experience,” fanciful at best, when reaching a verdict.
Following are highlights of some of other, much more serious, flaws in the system that Justice On Trial, using contributions and grants, hopes to offer suggestions, and lobby for legislation, to improve.
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John Bradley, right, director of Justice On Trial, discusses the goals and objectives with host, Dennis Grover, on national public TV program, Liberty & Justice For All. Check local listings for air date in your city. FULL TRANSCRIPT of John Bradley 's interview AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. |
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THE REALITY "SPEEDY TRIAL" = QUICK CONVICTION
IS A “SPEEDY TRIAL” CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED? The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: “ In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed…” These guarantees ''are the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution;'' fundamental liberties
embodied in the Bill of Rights. The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment makes them applicable to all States.
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CITY OF TUCSON ATTACKS
RESPECTED CITIZEN!
Frank Konarski, long-time City of Tucson resident now has documented proof of a systemic campaign to ruin Konarski's low
income housing business.
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