Fuck the system or the system is fucked?

[trinityvixen]

I have never had any interaction with the court system outside of jury duty and traffic court, but from my sample of n=2, I have decided that court is a place where the justice system fucks with you because it can.

Case in point: my trip upstate to get a plea bargain on my speeding ticket.

Comments

[viridian]

So... I can't tell from reading this if you got a better deal by showing up than if you had just mailed in your payment for the original ticket.

[trinityvixen]

I did, actually. My speed was dropped from 88 to 75, which is a drop in fees of at least $300 for that reassessment fee I don't have to pay in addition to a lesser fine for speeding. It's also 3 instead of 6 points on my license.

[six_demon_bag]

Well done. I'd be very content with that.