On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:46 -0400, Saul Luizaga wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I'm not sure I follow....
> 
> I mean, real-life based TV/movies trial cases show, in a dramatized way,
> how things happened to some people, the abuse, the trial and the output
> of the trial. Of course is not any guarantee that things will go that
> way.

I see what you're saying, but the time compression that takes place 
really does make it an unrealistic demonstration of how the system 
works.  I spot things in Law & Order routinely that I can see (without 
any real legal training) wouldn't hold up in a real court - which means 
the outcome might be different in the real world.

I think it's a mistake to take anything on TV as representative of the 
real world.....if one wants to know how things work in the real world, 
the real world is the best reference - get some time in a courtroom as an 
observer - at least in the US, for most cases, it's perfectly legal to 
sit in and watch the proceedings as an observer.

Jim

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