If only there were such a thing as a "defense attorney" who could present evidence to an "impartial judge".
Unfortunately, neither thing exists in Washington DC. Private attornies won't touch Jan 6 cases, so you get a public defender who essentially works for the prosecution, and a judge who also works for the prosecution, because it's 99.44% Democratic Washington DC.
And that's exactly what's going on with these cases, with defendants being treated by their own defenders as if they are guilty and must be reeducated.
And just as in that episode, these "trials" aren't about justice. They're not even really about punishing the defendants. They're about intimidating anyone who might oppose them:
Whatever you've done, whatever the charges against you, none of that really matters in the long run. [...] This trial is to demonstrate the futility of behavior contrary to good order.
If only there were such a thing as a "defense attorney" who could present evidence to an "impartial judge".
Unfortunately, neither thing exists in Washington DC. Private attornies won't touch Jan 6 cases, so you get a public defender who essentially works for the prosecution, and a judge who also works for the prosecution, because it's 99.44% Democratic Washington DC.
From DS9 Tribunal:
And that's exactly what's going on with these cases, with defendants being treated by their own defenders as if they are guilty and must be reeducated.
And just as in that episode, these "trials" aren't about justice. They're not even really about punishing the defendants. They're about intimidating anyone who might oppose them:
I suspect Cardassian courts were intended to be a satirical jab at American ones in the first place.