The System is Failing A man attempts suicide by jumping in front of a subway train and is mutilated. He sues the subway and the engineer. In transferring the accused, the police comment on how it would be nice if the family could bury their murdered daughter before Christmas. Accused takes the police to the grave site. Evidence thrown out of court.
Man attempts robbery of a store.
Owner shoots robber in the leg. Every citizen is upset at reading these stories in the newspaper. I suggest that there is more to each story and the outcome may well be justified when all the facts are presented. The rationale of this research activity is to take controversial issues and cases and filter out fact from fiction, present it to the class, and let them decide if justice was served. The teacher should have access to a law library.