If you mean protecting people who do not protect themselves, yes that is necessary. At the same time, most violent crime isn’t simply inherently violent people, but directly related to businesses outside of the legal system. Organized crime is often the leading cause of violent crime, and when you consider that organized crime thrives in communities impoverished by legal companies and systemic disparities, business really is the root of most problems.
When it comes to interpersonal disputes, community members stepping up could be as effective as cops. For standing up to business ills, the situation is more complicated.
When it comes to interpersonal disputes, community members stepping up could be as effective as cops.
…mob justice is rarely ever a good idea, and best avoided if at all possible, excluding cases where the legal systems have blatantly failed. I feel that may fly too close to that, depending on how it’s organized.
The people bring the violence to organized crime as much as the organized crime brings the violence to people.
Jury trials force more careful deliberation of facts, and reduce risks of intimidation, misleading, and bribery from the pool. By no means perfect, they reduce impulsivity and lack of evidence, the 2 primary issues of mob justice.
Inherent in the phrase “jury trial” is the presumption of a legal system carrying out a legitimate legal process. I think jury trials can only be mob justice when that legal process functions illegitimately (e.g. by violating the rights of the accused).
If you mean protecting people who do not protect themselves, yes that is necessary. At the same time, most violent crime isn’t simply inherently violent people, but directly related to businesses outside of the legal system. Organized crime is often the leading cause of violent crime, and when you consider that organized crime thrives in communities impoverished by legal companies and systemic disparities, business really is the root of most problems.
When it comes to interpersonal disputes, community members stepping up could be as effective as cops. For standing up to business ills, the situation is more complicated.
…mob justice is rarely ever a good idea, and best avoided if at all possible, excluding cases where the legal systems have blatantly failed. I feel that may fly too close to that, depending on how it’s organized.
The people bring the violence to organized crime as much as the organized crime brings the violence to people.
Are jury trials mob justice?
Jury trials force more careful deliberation of facts, and reduce risks of intimidation, misleading, and bribery from the pool. By no means perfect, they reduce impulsivity and lack of evidence, the 2 primary issues of mob justice.
Inherent in the phrase “jury trial” is the presumption of a legal system carrying out a legitimate legal process. I think jury trials can only be mob justice when that legal process functions illegitimately (e.g. by violating the rights of the accused).