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[attorneyatlol]

This has to be the single strangest junk e-mail I've ever gotten.

Of the matter of snow here. Both of us have grasped
The mortal architect had brought to life,
My keyhole blows a gale
XV. The International Circumpolar Stations: The Greely Expedition
And beyond, the same sound of bees
A rabbit carcass in its stiffened fur.
And he is swathed in ever-petrified dread;

It's almost poetic.

In related news, I'm finally done catching up with all of my e-mails and voice mails. I never thought it'd take so long to get through two months of backlog, but I guess you don't realize how much stuff you get until it all piles up. At least I don't have to worry about it anymore...

Comments

[attorneyatlol]

And I'm a lawyer.

He will not be irrationally prejudiced against defense lawyers until Ep 10. >_>

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

What field?

Oh dear XD

[attorneyatlol]

Defense.

"Phoenix Wright" is not a Japanese name, okay?

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

Oh, does your country have an adversarial system?

And Phoenix Wright is not very up to date on his legal terms.

[attorneyatlol]

A what...?

Togusa will not be hiring him anytime soon.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

Defense, representing the accused, and prosecution, representing the state, both present arguments to a neutral judge or jury.

sob he's a good lawyer okay ;;

[attorneyatlol]

Oh, right. That's how ours is. I never knew there was a term for it...

Uh-huh.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

It's the norm for systems based on English common law.

[attorneyatlol]

I'll admit I'm not too familiar with the history. The... adversarial system is all I've ever known, though I do know we used to have some kind of jurist system a long time ago. But that was before they changed everything.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

"They changed everything?" Are you Japanese?

[attorneyatlol]

Er, no... Why?

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

Because our judicial system got entirely restructured under the occupation government after World War II.

[attorneyatlol]

Really? Ours was restructured as part of an effort to make trials shorter.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

That's never really been a problem for us. How did it work out?

[attorneyatlol]

I'm not sure, but my guess is not good enough. They restructured it further by mandating that trials can't last any longer than three days.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

That's very short.

I don't think that would be constitutional here. I'm almost certain it would be ruled a violation of Article 37.

[attorneyatlol]

Yeah... Our judicial system isn't in the best shape it could be. A friend and I are trying to get some changes made, but it's a slow process.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

Ours isn't the greatest, either. There's a lot of corruption, in the police and the courts.

[attorneyatlol]

Same here. There's also a lot of bias where there shouldn't be.

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

We use AIs to eliminate as much judicial bias as we can, but it's only for procedural matters and doesn't affect the actual judgment.

[attorneyatlol]

AIs? You mean robots?

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

Sort of. They're computer programs capable of independent logical thought.

[attorneyatlol]

Huh. What are their roles in the process?

[honestcop.livejournal.com]

They assist with procedural decisions during a trial. Sustaining or overruling objections, that kind of thing. The final decision is with the judge, but they usually follow whatever the majority from the AI panel is.

[attorneyatlol]

How well does that usually work out? I mean, would you say it's a fair process?