THE LAW AND CHANGE

The law has always fascinated me.Laws are meant to protect you, or others from you, to keep some kind of order,or regulation in this society ,so vast. When I was a rebellious Young woman, I thought most laws were just a pain in the butt. Many people feel that way,but you just can't please everybody. Many laws are formed on our behalf; they are there to help us. All you have to do is alittle leg work and there it is yours for the taking. Just sitting there waiting to assist you and others like you.alot of people seem to think you need a lawyer in order for the law to work for them, not necessary true. There are law libraries at court houses, people to answer your questions, and there are always on line resources.
We are always changing and tweaking our laws; what works today may not work ten years from now, or even tomorrow for that matter. We are always trying to do our best to maintain balance. I just know when I start whining about things, I just look at what is going on in some of the other countries of the world.Then suddenly, I feel blessed. I had this opportunity to look at a very old book of laws. The year must have been around 1700 or 1800 hundreds; they talked about lynching and hanging people. To lynch someone actually means to hang them without due process of the law. It explained, for what crimes someone could be lynched, hung, jailed, or somehow publicly humiliated. Scary stuff! I guess that worked for them in those days, or not? Although to this day, we still use the death penalty in some states, However with much controversy. Personally I don't believe its our right to make that call. Although I'm often torn on the subject because when someone brutally abuses a child, or kills someone for fifty bucks out of the cash register. Many reactions are pretty harsh and justly so.But really, an eye for an eye or something like that? Two wrongs don't make a right, how do we know we are right? How can we be sure of guilt; especially when we are taking about a sentence of death. BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT! Not just doubt, but shadows of doubt. It seems to me one could always find a shadow of doubt. The crimes these people commit are unjust, and even heinous, but who are we to pull the trigger? This law just doesn't feel right (Beyond a shadow of doubt) to me.