Rellik San
Which just goes to show, there is no blind justice system, its ruled by religious fundamentalists and politicians trying to cater to the people.
It's not a flaw of
who's in power... no matter who is in power, this'll happen. Religious fundementalists, atheists, scientists, philosophers... The flaw is in the nature of democracy itself.
Democracy isn't based around individual rights, nor is it about justice that protects everyone. Democracy, in its nature, is about popular consent. If a majority wants it, the minority can't do anything about it. That's how democracy works- majority rules.
This doesn't mean all democracy is a bad thing-- it's popular agreed upon, for example, that child-molestation is wrong. This protects the majority from an extremist minority who might otherwise commit such acts.
Then again, if a country is 51% hard-right aryanist (I'm talking extreme "white-power" types) and 49% isn't, no law could exist without Aryanist approval, and any law supported by Aryanists could exist. 100% of the population would have to exist under the laws, even if only just-over half approve.
The law system in most democratic nations exists under roughly the same guidelines-- that's why there's an odd number of supreme court justices, or jurors.
Furthermore, our concept of jury selection in an era of Clarence Darrow-type lawyers keeps every juried case at least somewhat biased, though, the bias can vary to different degrees.
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