Try to picture this scene: your favorite movie stare is caught with drugs on his person after
being stopped by the police. Before even being take to trial, your celebrity is treated as if he
didn't do a thing. The trial comes around and because of his status as an actor the charges are
dropped. Now, this is obviously not fair if we keep in mind the celebrity was 100% guilty of the
accused crime. Merely because the movie star hat copious amounts of money and influence on the
public, fairness was set aside. Justice is said to be blind. Unfortunately in many cases, it simply
As I mentioned before justice, although not always being so, should be blind. The law
cannot be an emotional affair and must stay true to itself. A starving boy steals a loaf of bread;
A common thief steals your television set. Both of these occurrences should be treated in the same
way, regardless of circumstances. Call me cold and cruel, it doesn't matter when it comes down to
obeying the "letter of the law". How can we have a fair society if we peek under the blindfold of
justice to bestow special treatment on a case by case basis? There is just no way to do that.
I know of a man, albeit a fictional one, who adamantly believes justice should be blind. "As
For the man who sets his private friendship above the public welfare- I have no use for him." King
Creon, king of Thebes in the play 'Antigone', said that. He would even go to the extreme measure
of stoning his future daughter-in-law to uphold the law. He believes that if criminals commit
crimes they should be punished. Simple! He sees that the strength in his kingdom and it's
government lies within the strength of its law system. Nothing could be more full of truth and
Amid the chaos of the justice debate there are those who oppose those in power by civi
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