Lhorgrim
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Which could take 8 years to get that check.
And you might not be in a position to get a lawyer to fight for you.
There are lots of people who get screwed by governments and by civil suit-worthy issues (aka businesses, people etc) that just lump it because they do not have the means to pursue it.
I myself am out $500 deductible due to a no-insurance, no license idiot who hit my truck because Allstate couldn't squeeze it out of him (they tried to get my deductible and their money back from him via debt collectors). I don't have time, money or energy to hunt that idiot down. Should have claimed his truck when he came back after he ran and somebody chased him down.
So I have no faith in everybody getting the justice they deserve. There's too much "need money to get money" built into the system.
Heck, those pokemon idiots are going to spend at least 4 months in jail before they get their day in court. Which means if they were innocent in some way (remember that innocent before proven guilty concept), they will suffer the ill-effects of not being at work, etc for nothing.
I agree 100% that the court system is...not good.
Going after businesses or private citizens can cost more than you have and big business can stall the little guy out. Going after government is easier if you have any kind of case though. They have deep pockets, but they have insurance companies that make the call on settling a case or going to court. Most places will settle because it's cost effective.
The people I worked with never referred to the court system as the "justice system", because justice seems to be rare in court. As disgusted as many people are with the courts, there are many officers that feel the same way.