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Originally Posted by ThePits
...Politics and law should always remain separate...
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Unfortunately, this is not always the case. And I'm not talking about corruption either. Like it or not, politics will always have at least some influence over the way the judiciary functions. It is the natural state of things that the government of any nation will seek to improve the standing of the nation it is governing, and that includes deciding which laws are to be passed and also what constitutes a crime.
For example, in Singapore, homosexual relations are a crime punishable by a jail term. The government has admitted as much that the motivation for their passing such a law is quote;
"We are not promoters of it[unconservative behaviour] and we are not going to allow Singapore to become the vanguard of Southeast Asia." unquote.
Therefore the politics of law is very much a reality. In a true democracy, the laws of the land should most probably be decided by the will of the people.