Purpose of Trial

Trial is basically defined as an equal justice under the law. I think the purpose of a trial is simply to reach a verdict. Wrong verdicts may be corrected at the appeal stage. At times individuals come into conflict with one another in spite of the system of laws. The reasons for conflict are varied. Laws do not cover every possible situation. Often the individuals involved do not know or understand the law. In certain cases an individual deliberately chooses to violate the law.

It is true that a lot of good lawyers hide about some facts of the defendant in order to avoid a worsen situation. I think a trial is a place where both the victim and the defendant can find their common ground. Therefore, the situations can be over generous to the defendant or over harsh to the defendant. Since, there's a lot of situations occurring like this, many people might think the trial is not a place where they could reveal justice and this can be actually true. I think we can find justice where the defendant gets charged of the crime and pay for their sin. However, trial is the place where the defendant and the victim deal about the defendant's weight on crime. Then, the victim will agree on the defendant's payment (and suffer). I think it's okay for the defendants to try their best on finding their ways to reduce their charge. It's because they've already committed a crime which they can't fix. That's the only way for the defendants to continue their life.

I agree with you that the courtroom is not really a place of justice. There are so many devious acts going on and lawyers have to do so much to make sure that their side wins, even though it means lying in court. There are many times when the guilty go free due to lack or evidence or other reasons, so where is the justice in that? Courts try to remain impartial, but that is impossible based on evidence provided.

Though sometimes they may not seem like it, the main reason for a court and trial is to provide a place of justice and safety for the people involved, whether the result is like that or not. Even though a guilty man may go free, it is not the court's fault, it would be the fault of the defendants who are guarding their clients. But because of this duel between defendants and prosecution teams, there are many times when people are not sure what the point of the trial is, whether or not proving the accused guilty or innocent or perhaps winning, as you said.

The concept of trial is really ironic to me because it's supposed to serve justice but instead it ends up with different types of loophole that is far away from justice. I remember Ms. Boyd says whichever team gets the evidence first and gets it confirmed first is accepted as an evidence. Even if the evidence given by the other team is true, and the previous one is false that doesn't matter. That really doesn't make any sense to me. So personally I think in the trial room, there is a little room for ethics. It's more about who can give the first strike wins.

Ideally, court room should be a place of justice and truth. However, it is sometimes impossible to reveal the truth without manipulation and lies. For example, Polonius ordered Reynaldo to spread false rumor to figure out the truth of his son. If Reynaldo approached Laertes's friends with honesty, its is very likely that Laertes friend will lie in order to cover for Laertes. 

Ultimately in the court, only one side gets to leave with satisfaction. Perspective has a lot to do in the court because a piece of evidence that could be of no use to the defense, would mean the world to the prosecution. Being a lawyer I also learned that getting to hear the stories and perspectives of the witnesses changes how we present our case. If the witness is a strong minded person who is not open to suggestion we have to change our questions to get what we want out of them. In the end, we are trying to gather information that will help us win the case.

I feel like the system of bringing a case to the court started with a group of people who wanted to prove that their verdict was correct and so they left the victim on one side, helped the stronger side. Even with the witch trials, the witches had no chances of winning because the power was with the heads of the churches.