Ehhhh, unfortunately, it appears that the legal services have
taken Oliver Wendell Holmes' tongue-in-cheek statement to be holy
writ: "My job is to uphold the law, not to do justice".
To some extent, I can see where guys like tripwire are coming from,
insofar that whoever is applying the law can only do so within the
constraints of what has been written. However, by that measure, H L
Mencken's description applies: "A court of law is a place where
Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot would be treated as equals, with
betting odds slightly in favour of Judas".
The focus may need to be upon the lawmakers, rather than those who
carry it out. If the law has not included a clause where, in which
cases such as this where 2Sgt Chua is by all likelihood dead, the
7-year rule may be waived, then the lawmakers are seriously remiss.
That, I believe, is where the disgrace lies.
