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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I can think of many more ''blights'' on our ''justice'' system then victims of a horrible crime being allowed to have their day in court and confront their attacker(s) and having a chance to tell them to their face how their crime affected them.
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I would actually be fine with it if the judge wasn't present, didn't hear it and it didn't impact sentencing. If it was just a cathartic measure for victims, that would be one thing, but that's not what the process is. If I were a judge, I would take every measure I could to keep those statements away from my hearing.
And yes of course there are bigger problems with the justice system. I never said there weren't.