Reality Versus Fantasy

Our culture appears to be going through a collision of reality versus fantasy in our legal system. I've mentioned it before and I just come across another example of it.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/29/MNGTTCSVTD10.DTL">Jurors want CSI-quality forensic evidence</a><br />n<br />nYes, the good old boob tube does it to us again. Jurors think that reality should be just like the shows they see on TV and are letting criminals go for lack of forensic evidence. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>Prosecutors say jurors are telling them they expect forensic evidence in criminal cases, just like on their favorite television shows, including "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." In real life, forensic evidence is not collected at every crime scene, either because criminals clean up after themselves or because of a shortage in resources. Yet, increasingly, jurors are reluctant to convict someone without it, a phenomenon the criminal justice community is calling the "CSI effect."</blockquote><br />n<br />nPeople really need to be able to separate their TV life from what is available in real life but since they can't we as a society are going to be harmed. How sad.<br />n<br />n<b>Reality in our century is not something to be faced. Graham Greene</b>