Some Justice

There’s an episode of I, Claudius titled "Some Justice," in which a trial is held in the Senate to bring to justice those responsible for the death of Claudius’s brother, Germanicus.

The machinations of Roman politics being what they are . . . er, were . . . in the end only "some justice" is done.

That episode came to mind as I read

THIS STORY.

One EXCERPT:

Mr. Freedman said Mr. Nifong, 56, a prosecutor for nearly 29 years, would have never risked his law license and career on hiding DNA evidence that he knew the defense would find.

F. Lane Williamson, chairman of the ethics panel, responded that “there is no rational explanation sometimes” for unethical or illegal behavior. “I don’t know if we’ll ever know,” he said.

Actually, Thomas Sowell doesn’t think that Nifong’s actions were at all inexplicable. He thinks there is a perfectly clear and logical, if evil, reason for them.

PART ONE.

PART TWO.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

11 thoughts on “Some Justice”

  3. You can’t trust Fox News… don’t you know better than that? Angelina Jolie said so. And if Democrat politicians won’t debate there, there must be something wrong.
    / sarcasm
    So, how does one get rid of electing D.A.s and judges without destroying democracy itself? Hmm….. Maybe having them appointed by the governor with the approval of the state congress?

  4. For elected judges and district attorneys, there is always the recall. No need to scrap elections at the local level.

  5. He thinks there is a perfectly clear and logical, if evil, reason for them.
    This raises for me the pesky problem of how evil counts as a “reason” for anything. In the metaphysical sense, evil is irrational by definition. I just wonder what the right term is here. Would it be better to see that the evil motive is the accidental explanation for the events? Is this statement just saying that the person himself was a deficient cause?
    In some sense, I think Lane Williamson must surely be right that there is no rational explanation, and it is even true that there can be no rational explanation for evil. So what should we properly call the sort of calculated malice at work here?
    If you’ve got any thoughts, Jimmy, I’d love to hear them.

  6. This is logical only if you see him as worshipping at the altar of LeftWingWackoism.
    *bow* ….must blame rich white males as they are all evil….*bow*….must cast black woman as a victim as they’re all victims….*bow*….must show the same old sterotypical racist blather….*bow*….must play race card….*bow*…..
    Now, if he were not a left winger, trying to pander to left wingers….this would never have happened.

  7. I’m confused. I remember hearing about this case – they said there was no DNA from the Duke lacrosse players in the woman’s body. This was a long time ago. Now I read that the attorney was hiding DNA evidence… to push the case against the players. It would make sense if he was their defense attorney and was hiding the evidence to protect them, because the evidence that was presented, according to what I heard, exculpated the accused. So the only way the evidence the attorney did not present could change the case around was if it proved the accused’s guilt.
    Huh?
    Having read Barbara’s comment, though, it makes more sense now. A little bit.

  8. Barbara, the first link is new. If of the “mills of God” variety.
    Alas, many people’s statements fall under the statute of limitations at this point.
    (I’ve been following this case for some time.)

  9. I’m afraid I have a hard time pulling a ton of sympathy for the Lacrosse folks here. They may not have raped her, but they hired her to strip for them. Perfectly legal, yes. Also perfectly disgusting and immoral. But now they’ll be treated like innocent little lambs since they didn’t actually RAPE her. Glad our standards are so high.

  10. Jarnor23,
    Most college students unfortunately engage in that behavior. Does that mean that Mike Nifong was right? no. Of course sexual sins are wrong. unfortunately, stippers aren’t criminal. Fortunately, rape is.

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