The 8th Circle

Gorse Fox has been pondering the nature of things. He, by his nature, is an optimistic soul and wishes well to all who are worthy of respect. However, he concludes that the inner circles of hell are reserved for certain classes of people.

The 9th circle, should be reclassified and widen its membership to all those who deliberately (or recklessly) injure, abuse, or murder other human beings.

It is the 8th circle that is the subject of this post. Again this needs to be reclassified. The 8th circle should be reserved for a) self-serving, dishonest, politicians; and b) member of the legal profession who conspire to pervert the course of justice. These members could be police, the CPS, solicitors, Barristers, QCs, Magistrates or Judges, and again politicians who interfere.

So what does Gorse Fox mean by this tirade?

The perversion of justice, in his mind, can occur in a number of ways:

• The attempt by a policeman or his superiors to reclassify and ignore crimes that do not fit their targets.
• The ineptitude of the CPS to do basic tasks and have paperwork ready for the Courts.
• The decision of the CPS not to proceed against some cases because of "pressure" from outside sources.
• Solicitors who, knowing the guilt of their client, plead Not Guilty.
• Barristers and QCs who despite the guilt of their client, abuse the spirit of justice by looking for loopholes to "get them off". There was recently a case of a celebrity who was caught speeding or drink driving - they have hired a specialist barrister who finds loopholes in the legislation to get people off. There is no question of guilt here. That has been established. The only question is whether the system can be abused to get an acquittal.
• Magistrates who are unable to serve justice because of political interference - and keep quiet about it.
• Judges whose ignorance of the "real world" renders them useless and unworthy of their office
• Judges who cave in to pressure from politicians or the media.

Gorse Fox thinks that of all of these, the Solicitors/Barristers/QCs who try to gain acquittal of known guilty parties are by far the worst - and they are forever to be despised.

Defense of a guilty party, and the presentation of mitigating facts is valid. Twisting and abusing the systems to free a guilty party is immoral. The perversion of justice is an affront and infringement of the basic human rights of all of us. Justice must be impartial. Justice must be transparent. Justice must be fair.

The perversion of this demands the 8th Circle of Hell

[File under: Justice, Barristers, Hell]