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One big problem with school bullying

School bullies get away with it, and they know it. And that's one of the biggest problems about it. There's an infamous recent video where a reporter crew was going to interview a high school student who was a long-time victim of bullying. While he was approaching the crew, bullies chased him away. On camera. The bullies were quite clearly aware of the reporters and the camera because they taunted the boy about it (with things like "what are you going to film?" and such.) The clearly saw the crew filming them. And they didn't care. They still chased the boy away, shouting at him. This shows the problem perfectly: Bullies are so accustomed to getting away with their bullying that they don't even have to care. Not even if there's a reporter crew filming them with a camera that they can clearly see. The sad thing is that they are right. Nobody will ever do anything of any severity to them. They are "minors", which means that they are practic

One problem with the American justice system

In many judiciary systems (including that of the United States), a prosecutor is a member of the justice system who is responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law. In principle, the job of a prosecutor is to simply present the facts, the things that the accused is being accused for, as well as the evidence and the reasons why he or she is suspected for the crime. Also, most importantly, in principle the job of a prosecutor is to make sure that justice prevails, and that people get a fair trial, and that the judge and the jury (if there is one) get all the facts in an unbiased and clear manner. Unlike some people might think, a prosecutor's job is not to try to convict the accused; it is to simply present the case against him in the most factual and unbiased manner, so that the judge and/or jury can get all these facts in order to make a fully informed decision. (The reason why it might look like a prosecutor's job