Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the lawyers taking the rest. This is not justice.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We pay a lot for our court service, but it's not enough. Courts are under-resourced, which leads to delayed justice - particularly in criminal courts.
It's fine to get paid and get a big verdict, but to go out and represent people, sometimes in unglamorous ways, is really what lawyering is all about.
Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
How is justice served if the victim and the accused are working together to make it all go away? Somebody please explain that to me.
The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.
There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps.
I feel like there was justice. It was served through the legal system you know. Everything that I endured. It was all worth it.
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important.