When an individual commits a serious
crime it is a tragedy for those involved. When an institution does,
it is a tragedy for society.
Recently in Chicago five police
officers were caught lying in Court regarding an arrest.
After they all testified regarding an
arrest, the defense submitted a video from a camera mounted on one of
the police cars proving that the cops lied and conspired together to
do so.
If it was one officer lying that would
have been bad enough. But the fact that five officers conspired to
all lie in court is incredibly disturbing. The problem is that it
puts the whole judicial process in jeopardy. After all, if five
police officers all lie in court on one matter, it makes all
testimony by all police officers less reliable. This leads to judges
and juries becoming less likely to convict the real bad guys. And it
leads to more crime being committed because criminals can rationalize
their actions by believing, accurately to an extent, that the
judicial process isn't fair and the police are corrupt.
No doubt the officers rationalized away
their crime by believing it was only done to put a “bad guy” (as
they define it) away. But the effect is to actually create more
criminals and keep more of them on the street.
There are always bad apples in any
group. There are priests who sexual abuse minors, people that
embezzle money from work, cops who deal drugs, and politicians who run guns. People understand that. And when these individuals are
caught and punished for their crimes, it reinforces the belief that
the system is fair and just. But when groups conspire in an
institution to act unethically or commit crimes (cops in Chicago or
lawyers in divorce cases) people stop believing that the institution
itself is fair and just. And rightly so. Think about it – if five
police officers in Chicago were caught on a fluke committing perjury
in court, how prevalent do you think perjury by cops in Chicago is?
In my case, Nelly Wince, I think you
will agree if you read the evidence, blatantly lied in court. The
result? She was rewarded by the judge and protected against
punishment by the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. And,
although I do not have a lot of hard evidence for other infractions,
I can assure you that Nelly Wince committed a host of other unethical
actions and crimes as did numerous others that were involved with the
case. The fact that they all acted unethically and/or criminally
makes it very clear to me that the institution itself is corrupt. In
no way to I believe my experience is unique. The only unique aspect
in my case is that, like the video that proved the Chicago officers
were lying, I have hard evidence that Neely Wince lied in court.
Think of it. The very institution
charged with ensuring equal justice under the law, is, or at least
parts of it are, corrupt.
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