#Resource Courts are theatre - whoever has the most money puts on the best show. https://youtu.be/DwhsmCItutk?si=aMZOK5fbZbt0C8c2 The thread to pull is that staging. A trial is a contest between two sides, and the sides are rarely equal: counsel, time, expert witnesses and the nerve to appeal all cost money. The state's side is funded from the public purse; most defendants' is not — which is the theatre's real budget. For the machine view — the backlog, the delays, who ends up in the dock — see [[Criminal justice system]]. For the state's power to kill rather than merely cage, see [[The State Was Not a Party]] and [[Capital Punishment.canvas]]. `Concepts:` [[Criminal justice system]] · [[Violence]] · [[Structural Violence]] `Knowledge Base:` [[Sociology]]