When justice crosses my mind, as it often does, the court system rarely enters into it. The system's broke. Not just because of corruptible cops and judges (though that's an issue too), but-- like most things in this country-- corporations have terrible amounts of power in this sphere too. When a company has a pack of lawyers on staff constantly rifling through law books, they practically have an incentive to sue people for trifles just to keep their members 'gainfully employed.'
Here's an example I found quick:
http://www.earthtimes.org/green-blogs/green-living/alternative-methods-transportation-20-May-11/
But the fact that an average person can't even afford a lawyer to fight for them against deadly teams of corporate barristers is a clear symptom of being broke.
No, justice is more of a moral code than a system in place. It's all about everyone getting what they deserve, whether good or bad-- the problem is, these terms are all very subjective and there's an endless debate over what one deserves for any given act. Ideally, an inborn sense of justice would keep people from wronging one another, but it's too late for that. Now we have to figure out what to do with ourselves.
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