Overall a very good show...or rather it would be in it didn't do what some others here have pointed out, spending the first several minutes coming out of commercial repeating the several minutes before they went into commercial over again like waaaaay too many reality shows of this type do. In this way they take a 4 or 5 minute story and stretch it into three times as long with all the fillers.
Also, like many reality court series they show victim impact statements. These are a great advancement in sentencing for victims, however on shows like this they become numbing beyond belief.
It's not just on shows like this, but also on news reports where every victim immediately rises to the level of sainthood. They all "lit up the room" and were "loved by all" and "had a bright future", as unrealistic as that is. I have known some victims of crimes and while no one deserves to be one, many of them were real jerks and losers in real life and only "lit up the room" when they were hammered themselves.
People do not become magical saintly beings who would have solved Cancer and brought about world peace just because they became victims. Some of them were always jerks and just became jerks who were victimized. And cameras in the courtroom certainly don't help with the dramatics from ALL concerned.
Also, like many reality court series they show victim impact statements. These are a great advancement in sentencing for victims, however on shows like this they become numbing beyond belief.
It's not just on shows like this, but also on news reports where every victim immediately rises to the level of sainthood. They all "lit up the room" and were "loved by all" and "had a bright future", as unrealistic as that is. I have known some victims of crimes and while no one deserves to be one, many of them were real jerks and losers in real life and only "lit up the room" when they were hammered themselves.
People do not become magical saintly beings who would have solved Cancer and brought about world peace just because they became victims. Some of them were always jerks and just became jerks who were victimized. And cameras in the courtroom certainly don't help with the dramatics from ALL concerned.
