People v. Parisie

“The tragedy of man is that he can conceive perfection but he cannot achieve it. Man’s reach is always beyond his grasp.”

—Reinhold Niebuhr

The perfect trial has yet to be tried. And we venture to suggest that it never will be. For any creation of man is merely a reflection of himself— imperfection. Consequently, there is no such thing as a perfect trial. All we can reasonably and logically strive for is a fair trial — the “cutting edge” to our system of criminal justice.

The jury trial in this case admittedly was not perfect, but it was fair. Every constitutional right and safeguard was…