Dell Gines: "Justice & Criminal Justice Are Two Different Things"

Asserts the moderate-conservative blogger comments on a Louisiana man who waited in jail for eight years without a trial: "In a democracy we strive for the ideal but often end up with the best of alternative solutions. This is unavoidable, and must be recognized in any critique of a system and the kinks or flaws in the system. However, as our society evolves, it is incumbent on us to be ever vigilant, and to ever press towards the ideals that we hold under the premise of the Declaration of Independence and framed in the Constitution. That is why when we see a system ‘problem’ it is not enough to say, 'we are better than country x,y or z' and it is not enough to accept 'some slipping through the cracks'. In terms of our criminal justice system there is a problem. Those with the least, get the least justice.....Justice is supposedly blind, and criminal justice should be as well. My question becomes this, when it comes to the poor amongst us, do we turn a blind eye, while allowing the criminal justice system to keep its eyes on the monetary worth of each individual before it? Or do we hold to justice and equality and pursue the ideals that set the foundation for this country?"