Sunday, November 5, 2017
The Importance of Civil Court Cases
Usually the big cases with the big consequences are from the criminal court part of the justice system. Nevertheless, the civil case end of the system has importance as well. For example, the OJ Simpson case that we endlessly went over in class didn't seem to give justice to the Goldman family. Since they felt that way, they took him to a civil court and was able to sue him for millions of dollars in damages to their family. They intended on ruining his life because of what he "may have" did to their son. The civil court helps them achieve that justice in their minds and it allows a different way to look at a situation by forcing the defendant to take an interview on camera and also be forced to take the stand and lose the 5th amendment privilege. I feel like if the civil case came first in many situations, it would be very beneficial to the criminal case and provide solid evidence.
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I feel that people take cases to civil court if they want to attack the defendants wealth. It is just another way to punish them for their wrong doings.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the civil court case should come first. Civil trials have a much lower threshold for guilt and could require that the defendant speaks. If this came before a criminal trial, then a guilty verdict in this trial along with the evidence could affect the outcome of a criminal trial which has much greater consequences. The defendant could also be terrible at interviews which could incriminate him even if he didn't commit the crime he is being charged with. I do think that OJ would have been guilty if the civil trial came first. I don't think that civil trials however should come before criminal trials.
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