Perspective
Nov. 1, 2011
Thomas Tang, Robert Boochever, and the war between justice and law
What good is it to apply law without caring about whether the result is a just one? By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm
LAST IN A TWO-PART SERIES: Part one appeared on Friday.
I blame lawyers as well as judges for the lack of justice in our civil court system. An extreme example involves Frank A. Jung, an Illinois prosecutor, who was asked by the court, "Are you suggesting" that "even if we find [the condemned man] is actually innocent, he should be executed?" Jung, an assistant attorney general, answered, "That's correct, your Ho...
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