Hi everyone,
Although I've had a casual interest in the workings of justice for many years, it was the murder of Anni Hindocha (aka Anni Dewani) in 2010 which provoked me to greater involvement.
Like probably nearly everyone, I've had my share of parking tickets, and speed camera fines, and on a couple of occasions felt sufficiently aggrieved to contest my case in court, rather than simply cop the fine and get on with it. The results in my case did not inspire confidence in the justice system here in Australia.
Nevertheless, for all its flaws, the 'rule of law' is probably still the best option we have. With appropriate use of today's technology, there is potential for miscarriages of justice to become few and far between.
Technology also gives us all a chance to become involved in public issues, (and possibly, a duty to do so?). I would hope that exposure to public scrutiny provides an additional safeguard against corruption in the system which can result in wrongful conviction of the innocent, and on the flip side, lenient treatment of the guilty.
By the way - I normally use Safari on a Mac to browse internet. When trying to login here I was getting a '403' error message ("Access Denied"). In the end the only way I could login was switch to a different browser (right now - Google Chrome).
