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[mindtricks]

[ anderson has come to terms with her presence here in as much as she can. there's a minimum level of information she's gathered from the guide, the network, peoples' minds. accept that which you cannot change, prioritize, move on; those are the principles she's been operating on for the time being.

so she faces the screen now, expression and voice even. ] We’re all from different worlds. I know that there are different justice systems in many of them. [ there’s a brief pause, a swallow. the hall of justice has been her home for a long time, being a judge is what she’s always wanted. the role of judges in her world is important, it’s necessary. she doesn’t want to see their reputation sullied by a comparison, but she wants to know this. ] Tell me about them?


[ ooc; annd a permission post for her too! ]

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[recalibration]

innocent until proven guilty. usually.
sometimes it's a little more to the point than that.

[ not that he agrees with that last bit all the time. ]

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[mindtricks]

What constitutes proof?

[ innocent people are not sentenced in mega city one, either — and yet from what she's gathered so far, sentences are passed far more quickly than elsewhere. ]

More to the point?

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witnesses. collected evidence. presented to a jury of your peers and a judge. they decide.

sometimes they bypass the whole judge and jury. just go straight to execution.
depends on the crime and who gets involved.

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Judge and jury are separate persons?

[ going straight to the execution honestly does not sound all that unusual to her. the executioner is simply judge and jury as well; that is what she is used to. ]

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a jury is people. multiple of your "peers".

not like that where you come from?

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No. The men and women of the Hall of Justice are judge, jury and executioner.

[ and that is good; that is necessary because the system is already breaking under its own weight and they all know it. ]

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gotta say, not sure if that sounds like justice to me.

[ because in clint's world no one can just read someone's mind and know for sure. and the people judging and executing can be just as corrupt as the criminals themselves. ]

a lot of crime where you're from?

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[mindtricks]

Twelve serious crimes reported every minute, 17.000 per day. The Hall of Justice can respond to about 6%.

[ in anderson's world, no one but her can read someone's mind and know for sure. confessions are sufficient. catching the perp in flagranto is also sufficient for sentencing and carrying out the sentence. ]

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[supfirehawk]

On the border planets, we have to settle our disputes ourselves. It usually ends up with a few dead bodies and, if you're lucky, with a bounty collected.

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[mindtricks]

So there is no official system in place?

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[supfirehawk]

Not that far out. Why do you want to know?

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[mindtricks]

I wanted to become a judge, in my world.

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[supfirehawk]

Yeah? For what reason?

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[ it's only an audio, but anderson finds herself sitting a little straighter nevertheless. To serve the city. To make a difference.

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[supfirehawk]

Don't get too wrapped up in that ideal here.

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[mindtricks]

With respect, ma'am. Why not?

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[20mentholkools]

Justice ain't always the word for it.

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Sir. What is the word for it?

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[okayokay]

Take care of yourself. Isn't that all there really is anywhere? Or is it different where you're from.

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[mindtricks]

That is survival. [ justice though. justice is something else, isn't it? ]

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[okayokay]

Yeah. That's what there is. You can be a bad guy or the best one that ever lived. If you don't stick around long enough to do anything, it doesn't matter, does it?

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That they're bullshit? That they jump to their own conclusions?

[Alex snorts.]

Or maybe that they just want to wipe you out.


Though 'innocent until proven guilty' is what they like to pretend exists.

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[mindtricks]

[ she can't read minds over video and that is all that keeps her from trying to figure out the source of the resentment that is so apparent in this answer. instead, she inclines her head a fraction, not acknowledgment so much as puzzlement that isn't reflected in her expression otherwise. ]

'They'?

[ justice isn't bullshit, but maybe that's not what he's talking about. ]

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[redhotsummers]

The government. Who are the ones who decide what the justice system is.

[He'd beg to differ.]

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[supfirehawk]

Because things don't stay calm long enough.