The complexion of justice
Jesus Christ teaches: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Matthew 7: 1. So why would anyone want to become a judge? Please don’t misunderstand me in case you recognize me. My father had one and my late brother retired as a judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In no way have I been disloyal to the family.
In my senior year, but one in high school, that was about half a century ago, they gave us time to prepare for the end of the year exam. The class was so noisy that the school principal repeatedly came to calm us down. With the help of my goofy ruler and peanuts, I was launching missiles across the classroom. One boy decided he had had enough. When he stepped on an empty seat in his attempt to quickly catch up with me, the school principal again showed his face through the door. Given the standard of discipline in those days, he was caught red-handed disturbing the class and was duly punished. But as everyone in the class knew that day, I, who started everything, escaped punishment.
In my teens, I realized that I always end up suffering more if I tried to retaliate. Therefore, I was forced to stop him. A great demonstration of this happened later in my life when my first wife opened up and confessed that she was not a human being, but a spirit that took human form. That was the end of the marriage, especially after recounting some of the havoc she had caused in my life. She was definitely not the type of wife I wanted to spend the rest days of my life with. I moved in and left everything in the house for him. Also, I changed my personal car registration and insurance in his name, changed all tires to new ones before giving it to him as a gift. My thought was that although she deserved the punishment, only Almighty GOD could adequately reward her. He did not intend to personally lower his standard of living.
Four years later, one of his closest associates wanted me to intervene in his marriage, which, by mutual agreement, would end at the end of the third day. Her husband was a friend. It turned out that she was correct in assuming that she could persuade her husband to give their marriage a second chance. He let my ex, who wielded spiritual powers, cast an accident spell on my new car. Despite her powers, it was she who had the accident. The car I gave her did not work well with her and she decided to sell it. The man, introduced as the buyer, got away with the car. If the police had caught him, they would have charged him with car theft. Rather, I thought the LORD GOD wanted him to have the car. What I mean is that, even with the best of intentions, administering justice is very risky.
How is the situation described when someone who sought employment in the Ministry of Justice makes no effort to violate justice? I have come to consider the term plea deal as synonymous with: murder justice. It’s a reversal of normalcy and all that’s decent when a prosecutor is hell-bent on getting a conviction, regardless. Most of the time, a compelling story is deliberately made up that the truth now appears to be a lie. It is enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time as proof of guilt. But, as long as the crime scene is not declared out of bounds, anyone unlucky enough will be found there. That one has to accept an agreement with the prosecution to obtain a reduced punishment for a crime that he did not commit.
It often happens that the sanity of the accused is in doubt. Improving your mental health would benefit the community and the individual in particular. However, the prosecutor’s life ambition is to get the conviction all the time, even if it is a travesty of justice. Who are you serving?
It’s about time the plea deal idea was put to rest. It cannot be true that not all of us have scruples of conscience when an innocent person is forced to enter into a plea deal. What a luxury! Libby, accused of leaking classified information, rejected the plea deal that was offered to her. One would like to know on what basis that offer was based. Prosecutors should stand down and devise a better way to deliver justice. It is detrimental to the conscience, the morality, the well-being of the nation, when its innocent citizens are forced to plead guilty to a crime they did not commit. You don’t have to wait until it happens to someone you love. Have you figured out how you can get away from it?